A fresh look at the German inscriptions on some thirty pieces of redware pottery, and a newly discovered jar with provenance to the original owner, suggest that this group should be attributed to an unknown potter in Union or Northumberland County, rather than a Berks County potter, as previously thought.
September 20, 2026
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Terry Diener
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Additional Credits:
American Insights; Union County Historical Society; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Tulip Ware Pennsylvania- German Potters; Image: Dish, attributed to the Eight-Pointed-Star Artist (formerly Solomon Grim), probably Northumberland or Union County, Pennsylvania, 1816. Lead-glazed earthenware. Franklin & Marshall College and the Phillips Museum of Art Collection, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 5122 (Photo: Michael E. Myers)
