Good day,
I was recently having discussions on the Savoryfare2 egroup about period correct storage jars, especially something suitable for bringing food from home to an encampment so as to avoid brining things out in plastic. I prefer to transfer my food into period containers at home and bring them rather than bringing both. Not that hauling heavy pottery is correct for a military encampment, but it is better than nothing for some stuff we bring along right or wrong. I'll say more on jars another time. But for now, is a list of sources for pottery:
For redware:-Steinhagen Pottery (Erich Steinhagen), 1586 Voluntown Road, Groswold, CT 06351, 860-376-3329; I have quite a number of their things. They are starting to show up at events in the east, including Fort Ticonderoga Grand Encampments and the Fort at No. 4.
-Chiltonville Pottery (Michael Burrey), Fine Reproductions of 17th, 18th, and 19th century American and English Redware Pottery; 199 Jordan Road, Plymouth, MA 02360, 508-747-0854. I have some of his slipware plates; they are really good, very authentic in color and the slipped patterning. Michael goes to England and finds shards when the Thames is at low tide. He can date them through books but they give him fresh ideas. I find Michael at the prestigeous Wilton Crafts Fair each November.
-Westmore Pottery,
http://www.westmoorepottery.com/18th.htm Focuses mostly on redware pottery from the middle-eastern seaboard and of Moravian origin
-Julia Smith, Historic Pottery Reproductions,
http://www.juliasmith.com/historicpottery/redware.htmFor stoneware:-Deborah Peterson, Deborah Peterson's Pantry,
www.deborahspantry.com-Henderson's Artifacts,
http://www.jhendersonartifacts.com/-Hale Farm,
http://www.wrhs.org/halefarm/template.asp?id=315-Julia Smith, Historic Pottery Reproductions,
http://www.juliasmith.com/historicpottery/stoneware.htm-
