Antique Henry Schofield Lead Glazed Yellowish-Brown Redware Pitcher Southeast PA

Description:   An early 20th century (ca 1920) lead glazed redware squat pitcher with round flat base and a long neck over a squat baluster shaped body. The pitcher is muddy yellowish brown in color with decoration consisting of a band of impressed outward paired brackets along the shoulder of the piece. The piece has an applied rounded rim strap handle. The pitcher has a tooled rounded foot flange. It has a plain rim with a formed spout opposite the handle. The piece is very primitive in construction and rather bulky with thick walls. The piece is glazed inside and out except for the bottom, which is unglazed with a typical reddish color of unglazed redware. Please carefully review the photos presented as they are part and parcel of our description.    Date:  Uncertain, but sometime in the 1920s    Origin:  Cecil County, Maryland, or Chester County in Southeastern Pennsylvania. It is known that Henry Schofield pottery was on the Mason Dixon line in between the two counties listed.