Jack loved his early American pottery. We brought back uncounted pieces of it from Pennsylvania and New England in more than 25 years of trips north to buy for our shop. We kept a great deal of it to live with and love. He would hold a piece out to me and say "Hold it here, you can feel where the potter's hands were." Furniture, paintings, early iron and especially pewter were all things he studied and enjoyed, but the pottery he loved. Every piece of it calls his name to me.
I have only parted with one piece of his pottery since he left us three years ago, a small rare cup he would have wanted that friend to have. I believe most of the rest of the pottery is just where he left it, stoneware and redware.
On top of a highboy in Jack"s room are two very large black glazed redware jugs from Pennsylvania next to a rarely found stoneware jug from Charlestown (MA) and so marked. 
Somewhere I have a photo of Jack with the largest one of these in his arms the day he found it in a big flea/antique market in Pennsylvania. He was so happy with this one. They are glazed a deep brown black that iridizes to purple in places. I believe this is manganese. Some one out there who knows correct me or verify this for us all.
Like many people do, I have several small pieces of redware wired for lamps.
Three large storage jars from Pennsylvania are high on a ledge.
This beautiful red milk pan is perfectly set off on a tea towel Penny S wove. I treasure every thread of her weaving! Jack's last piece of woodwork was a shelf to go in the kitchen over the sink. When it was done he selected and placed these pieces on it and I have never moved them, just dusted around them.
Also in the kitchen is the cupboard that was once part of our kitchen cabinetry in our red cape. Some nice pieces are here as well as in a corner cupboard on the sun porch. The redware is all over the house really. This is not all.
The large red cream pot with manganese splotches is typical of Connecticut.
This cream pot stands almost a foot tall and is redder than the camera caught, a rich dark red with the casual glaze that tells us it was everyday ware not greatly important to the potter. The milk pan in front has a yellow glaze with a touch of green tint, likely from Maine.
I am enjoying learning to paint some of the pottery.
This small study is in preparation for a larger painting next week.
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