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Rockingham Glaze
Rockingham ware—white or yellow pottery covered with mottled brown glaze—has its origins at the Swinton factory on the Marques of Rockingham’s estate in England, which made teapots and Toby jugs of a coarse earthenware covered in brown manganese glaze. English potters emigrating to the United States took the local name and formula for Rockingham glaze with them. Most collectors agree that the best brown-glazed ceramics in America were made in Bennington, Vermont, where, in the mid-19th century, Christopher Webber Fenton produced Rockingham-glazed items such as hound-handled relief pitchers, tea services, Toby jugs, and figural bottles. Fenton is best known for his “flint enamel ware,” which has touches of bright color fused in the glaze.
American Rockingham is much more desirable than the English product, and Bennington examples are valued over similar pieces from other potteries. All Rockingham is not Bennington. Less than a fifth of what was made was marked by the pottery. Marked pieces bring a higher premium.
American Rockingham is much more desirable than the English product, and Bennington examples are valued over similar pieces from other potteries. All Rockingham is not Bennington. Less than a fifth of what was made was marked by the pottery. Marked pieces bring a higher premium.
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