HAMPSHIRE POTTERY, CUCUMBER MATTE GREEN, EXTREMELY RARE MERMAID MILK PITCHER

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For auction is a wo
nderful Arts and Crafts vessel made by Hampshire Pottery of Keene, NH. The piece is known as a " Milk Pitcher” and it is done in and arts & crafts glaze of matte green.
This milk pitcher measures 6
7/8" tall and is 5 3/8" in diameter outside handle measurement.
The pitcher displays a tapered shape with an applied handle and spout to pour milk or any other fluid.
The pitcher has a wonderful matte cucumber green glaze. The vase has embossed mermaids rising up out of the water on each side of the handle. There is a 3rd mermaid diving into the water. The inside of the pitcher shows a semi-gloss water proofing green glaze inside.
The underside bottom displays that beautiful ground down smooth round bottom edge. There is also the synonymous semi-gloss white glaze with some crazing.
This milk pitcher is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings.
The vessel is not signed on the bottom but it has that ground bottom with white. This is as good as a signature. I cannot empathize how rare this Pitcher really is. I have been dealing and collecting Hampshire Pottery for some 47+ years. I have never seen another example. This is the only known example of this form. I have searched the internet and my reference books and cannot find another example. In my book this makes this one of the rarest forms in the Hampshire Pottery manufacturing that was produced by them. There must have been a very small production of this pitcher.
This piece can be dated based on the lack of the "M" in a Circle mark and the Hampshire Pottery mark. That was the mark that Cadmon Robertson the glaze Chemist used during his tenure with Hampshire Pottery. This vase was made before his tenure which was from 1904-1914. I would say this vase was made circa 1891-1899.
Hampshire Pottery was making matte blue and green glazes starting in 1891. This was 7 years earlier than their main Competitor Grueby Faience of Boston, Mass. Hampshire Pottery resembles the style of Grueby but were much more affordable as they were mold made pieces as opposed to hand thrown. This will make a wonderful addition to any matte blue pottery collection of art pottery and would look great on that Stickley Mission Arts and Crafts Bookcase.
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