HAMPSHIRE POTTERY, JS TAFT, EARLY MATTE CUCUMBER GREEN, PITCHER, UNUSUAL FORM~~~

Description: For auction is a wonderful Arts and Crafts vessel made by Hampshire Pottery of Keene, NH. The piece is known as a "Pitcher or Ewer” vase and it is done in an arts & crafts glaze of cucumber matte green. This piece measures 6 1/4" tall and is 6" in diameter at its bulbous bottom. This Pitcher or Ewer displays a wonderful deep matte cucumber green glaze that Hampshire Pottery was famous for. This Ewer or vase has a bulbous bottom with a small raised neck that forms a spout in the shape of a "Patriots or Colonial" Hat at the top. There is an applied decorative large looped handle applied to the opposite side of the spout. This handle rises up from the top bulge at the bottom and extends all the way to the top where it attaches to the back side of the spout. You can see this cucumber matte green glaze with deep runs inside the pitcher. The underside bottom displays that beautiful ground down smooth round bottom edge. The shape of these vessel is very reminiscent of the early Dutch Onion bottles. This Ewer, Pitcher vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. This vessel is signed on the bottom with Hampshire Pottery's "J.S.T. & CO. Keene, NH" impressed mark. This piece can be dated based on the mark as this is considered a real early mark. Hampshire Pottery starting producing matte green glazes in 1891. This mark supersedes the Hampshire Pottery mark with a letter "M" in a circle. That mark was used from 1904-1914 and simply Hampshire Pottery after that. I would say this vase was made circa 1891-1895 in the beginning years. 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. PLEASE READ BELOW I want to apologize for slowing down my shipping time. Ebay forced me into managed payments in July 2020. I used to get my money in 24 hours. I now get it in 3-4 business days. I was told it would be better for me and my fees would go down. This has been the opposite as my fees have actually increased and now it takes longer for me to receive the payments. Because of this slowdown I will not ship until the payment has made it into my bank account. No store lets you out of the building with the merchandise unless it is paid for. They are also now charging all sellers a commission of 12.35% on sales tax. Pay Pal used to charge 2.9% payment processing fee but Ebay has changed this to 12.35%. This is an increase of 9.45% on the sales tax portion. They are now making a profit on the sales tax and treating it as a sale which in my eyes is wrong!! They did the same on the shipping charges several years ago. They use to not charge anything and now they are charging 12.35% commission on shipping as well. This has raised the cost to ship items to you, the buyer and this is factored into my shipping charges. If you feel what Ebay is doing is wrong or you don't agree them please contact Ebay and voice your opinion. Maybe if enough of you do this, they will change their policy. CLICK ON THIS LINK BELOW TO SEE MY EBAY STORE CLEMENTS ANTIQUES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE STOREFRONT Please wait for my Invoice before paying. You can always purchase with Confidence as Lastminute713 has some of the highest DSR'S "Detailed Seller Ratings" on Ebay. Lastminute713 strongly urges you to read "Me" next to my rating number to learn more about Clements Antiques of New Hampshire. If you have any questions please email through the Ebay platform or call Clements Antiques of New Hampshire. I will answer most questions usually within a few hours. I bubble wrap, double box and fully Insure all shipments that are sold. Insurance is Included in the Flat Rate Shipping Charge above. This does not Include International Shipments as each country has different rates. International purchases must wait for the Invoice so Insurance can be added. There are some Countries I cannot Ship to because the Post Office won't allow Insurance on items shipped there.

Price: 395 USD

Location: Tilton, New Hampshire

End Time: 2025-01-29T01:23:32.000Z

Shipping Cost: 27 USD