Marked “Goodwin & Webster”
The firm of Horace Goodwin and Mack C. Webster was formed about 1810 when they acquired a pottery shop originally built by John Souter and later owned by Peter Cross on the corner of Potter and Front Streets in Hartford, Connecticut. However, by the early 1830s, the duo operated two potteries on Front Street and built a reputation for successful stoneware manufacturing. They supplied not only local demand but also established warehouses in Boston, Salem and Massachusetts. The partnership ended around 1840 when Horace Goodwin left the firm. Mack C. Webster continued the business with his son, Charles T. Webster, under the name M. C. Webster & Son until his death in 1857.
This is a particularly nice example of a circa 1830 stoneware crock made at Goodwin & Webster pottery. It is embellished with an incised floral decoration highlighted with cobalt, which is comparable to types produced in Manhattan and the Hudson River Valley region, etc. about the same period.
This crock is also marked with an impressed “D” along the rim, which may represent the work of Daniel Goodale. Goodale also worked on Front Street, although Goodwin and Webster purchased Goodale’s pottery in 1831, and some transitional pieces may carry overlapping marks or influence from the “D. Goodale / Hartford” stamp.
Item Date: Circa 1830
Measurement: Height: 12.5"
Material: Stoneware and cobalt
Item Condition: Some chipping along the base, one in the body, and a hairline crack.
Literature: For more information - see the Introduction to Justin W. Thomas’ book, A City on the River: The Early Red Earthenware of the Hartford, Connecticut Area.
SKU 1508-8
For More Information, Please Contact David Hillier at 978-597-8084 or email drh@aaawt.com.
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