19th Century folk art pottery at its finest can only be found at Countryside Antiques & Primitives! Take this piece of period redware for example! This pitcher is lead glazed and oxides were used to decorate it. The base color is a dark orange that gets partially obscured by random images or designs in a light yellow or possibly white. Those images, much like clouds, look like different things to different people. Very interesting art work in itself. Finally, translucent green over the other colors makes for a wonderful, speckled look! This pitcher measures 10 1/4 inches tall, has a 4 1/8 inch base diameter, and an opening that measures 4 1/4 across including the spout. It is a "barn find" and had been there for decades. The opening and the base rim each have a small old chip that have worn with the passage of time. Such defects don't hurt the value of country pottery like this because most pieces were so heavily used, they did not survive. This is a beautiful example of 19th century redware!
