AFA 20th Anniversary

2020 Antiques & Fine Art 151 Jug, Goodwin & Webster (active ca. 1810–1840), Hartford, Conn., 1812–1830. Salt-glazed stoneware, H. 161⁄16 inches. Colonial Williamsburg Collections, Museum Purchase (1959.900.2). Members of the Webster family were employed at several pottery factories in Hartford, Connecticut, where they learned to make salt- glazed stoneware with incised decoration in the English stoneware tradition. This jug with the image of a soldier is typical of the everyday wares produced at the pottery owned by Horace Goodwin and McCloud Webster. Storage jar, Chester Webster (1799–1882), Randolph County, N.C., 1870–1879. Salt-glazed stoneware. H. 8¼ inches. Colonial Williamsburg Collections Museum Purchase (2008.900.1). McCloud Webster’s nephews, Edward and Chester, moved from Connecticut to North Carolina, and continued to produce their family’s traditional stoneware, as seen with the storage jar. Carrying with them the decorative techniques mastered from their family in Connecticut, they incorporated incised decoration of geometric and figural designs into their motifs. This handsome half-gallon storage jar illustrates cross-hatch patterns at the top of the piece and a well-executed bird, fish, and flower shown on the lower half.