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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 58235, member: 45"]I'm not sure what you are asking. If you are thinking these are authentic 19th century pieces from the H.C. Smith Pottery, I'd say no. The pottery operating at that time made salt glaze stoneware, with its distinctive "orange peel" surface texture. These appear to be contemporary gas fired stoneware. More telling, though, is the fact that the stamp used here (H.C. SMITH / ALEX. D.C. apparently is not the original stamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the Alexandria Archaeology Museum's web site about the pottery, the mark used from 1831 to 1847 was H.C. SMITH / ALEXA DC. Close, but not the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reference to the stamp on these two pots being used in the 1900's isn't clear. The original pottery was sold in 1851. Maybe someone "revived" the pottery to make reproductions ca. 1950's, but I haven't been able to find any indication of that. But these do not appear to be original mid-19th century, since they have the wrong stamp, and are not period salt glaze pots.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 58235, member: 45"]I'm not sure what you are asking. If you are thinking these are authentic 19th century pieces from the H.C. Smith Pottery, I'd say no. The pottery operating at that time made salt glaze stoneware, with its distinctive "orange peel" surface texture. These appear to be contemporary gas fired stoneware. More telling, though, is the fact that the stamp used here (H.C. SMITH / ALEX. D.C. apparently is not the original stamp. According to the Alexandria Archaeology Museum's web site about the pottery, the mark used from 1831 to 1847 was H.C. SMITH / ALEXA DC. Close, but not the same. The reference to the stamp on these two pots being used in the 1900's isn't clear. The original pottery was sold in 1851. Maybe someone "revived" the pottery to make reproductions ca. 1950's, but I haven't been able to find any indication of that. But these do not appear to be original mid-19th century, since they have the wrong stamp, and are not period salt glaze pots.[/QUOTE]
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