The glaze on this pottery is lead based so the pottery is intended for decorative use only. "SPNEA - "Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities" More Information about Turtle Creek Pottery |
The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) is a museum of cultural history which collects and preserves buildings, landscapes, and objects that reflect New England’s daily life between the the mid 17th century and the present. Founded in 1910 to protect New England’s cultural and architectural heritage, SPNEA’s vast collection of furniture, paintings, decorative arts, and household objects – many on view in their original locations at the historic houses – documents 350 years of domestic life in New England. |  SPNEA Pottery | Turtle Creek is proud to be licensed to reproduce furniture, and redware pottery, from the SPNEA collections of Cogswell Grant and Beauport. Through research on visits to the museums, and using drawings and photos, the reproductions are exact handmade reproductions of the original pieces. Our American Heritage stores are proud to bring you unique, highest quality redware from David Smith's Turtle Creek Pottery Works. |
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SPNEA CG-03 Thrown Fluted Rim Bowl - 10.5" Dia Has Incising & Manganese Sponging $ 195 Sorry - Sold | 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) SPNEA B-13 Thrown Vase - 9.75" High Has Black Manganese Glaze $ 165 In Stock |  SPNEA - B-16 Cup - 3.75" High Has Black Manganese Sponging $ 75 Sorry - Sold |
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(Click on Picture to Enlarge) SPNEA - CG16 Thrown Cup - 3.5" Dia Has Yellow Slip & Manganese Sponging $ 65 In Stock | 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) SPNEA CG-20 Thrown Batter Cup/Bowl - 4.25" H Has Incising & Manganese Sponging $ 135 In Stock |
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| The Americana Collection |
Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Small Liberty Plate This piece uses sgraffito to outline the artwork with copper highlights on a museum yellow background. Artist Slip decorated Medium Crackle. 8" Wide Artist: Betty Lou $ 72.50 In Stock | 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Pennsylvania Style Traditional sgraffito design with a nice border. Heavy copper accents and crackle. 12" High x 9"Wide $ 125 In Stock | 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Pennsylvania Style Beautiful slip trailed plate with floral motif. Incredibly detailed border, matte glaze, heavy crackle, and nice age. Inscribed on border "God hath not promised skies always blue flower strewn pathways all our lives through" 15" Wide $ 345 In Stock |
Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Verse - "My soul finds rest in God alone. My salvation comes from Him. He alone is my rock and salvation. He is my fortress." Slip decorated in copper, iron, and manganese on a museum yellow background. Heavy Crackle. 13.5" Wide Artist: Sandy Downing $ 275 In Stock | Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Early design of Bears and Pears trees Slip decorated in copper, iron, and manganese on a museum yellow background. Heavy Crackle. 13.5" Wide $ 265 In Stock | Redware 
New England Style Harvest Jug Sgraffito decorated with many motifs - sailing ship, florals, birds, geometric designs, and fish - just to name a few. The all over sgraffito design on this piece is intricate and beautifully done. It has a top uppermost border in a delicate vine pattern, directly below that is a border using geometric motifs. This piece has lovely translucent copper accents throughout. It has all over crackle and a great aged finish 14" High Artist: Chris Woods $ 795 Sold - Can be ordered |
| One of a Kind Wood Fired Redware Pieces Artist: Chris Woods |
Benjamin Franklin Story Pot This heavily researched and highly decorated pot is one of our finest pieces yet. Dedicated to one of America's most influential founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin was a leading inventor, musician, postmaster general, grandmaster, abolitionist, writer, scientist, and politician - just to name a few. This pot tells the story of Benjamin's colorful life and legacy using a combination of highly intricate redware techniques and our serious dedication to accurately representing our proud revolutionary history.
Many of our founding fathers are known for and represented our great country on the battlefield; George Washington, our first president, is among that number. Benjamin Franklin, however, used his skill of diplomacy and the written word to serve his country. His negotiating skills helped shape the early and present United States of America.
Sculpted and seated on the lid are four familiar objects that would have brought comfort and peace to our great founding father: Poor Richards Almanac (to symbolize his love and quest for knowledge, he authored this book), a candlestick (he always appreciated good light to read by), his bifocals (necessary for his exhaustive reading and research as well as his invention), and his quill pen (always a writer he enjoyed sharing his humor and philosophy). All four of these items are superbly sculpted and attached to the top of the lid.
Using his diplomatic skills to benefit our country's inception wasn't his only legacy. He began further helping the people of the United States with his many great and visionary inventions: Postal Service, Fire Department, Insurance, Night Watch & Militia to Keep Peace, Bifocals, Lighting Rod (to protect buildings and ships), and the Franklin Stove (made heating homes safer and more efficient).
Many of his inventions and inspirations have been artistically rendered on the lid of this great piece: the Odometer (ever efficient he used this to map out the mail routes for the postal service), the Glass Armorica (a musical instrument he invented in 1762, Mozart later wrote 2 works for it), the Franklin Stove, the Kite, and a Lightning Rod.
The uppermost border on the body of this pot is inscribed with many of his worthwhile professions. "Musician", "Inventor", "Postmaster General", "Grand Master", "American", "Writer", "Scientist", and "Politician" all appear at the uppermost border. Below that, the body of the pot has an identifiable portrait of Benjamin beautifully etched in the front, as well as his birth, death date, and location. The opposite side has an inscription that reads: "I now take up a resolution to do for the future all that lies in my way for the service of my countrymen." Benjamin Franklin further sought to cultivate his character by a plan of thirteen virtues that he listed in his autobiography. We have included these virtues, which are located at the stem/base of the pot that connects the body to the foot. The virtues listed are: "Temperance", "Silence", "Order", "Resolution", "Frugality", "Industry", "Sincerity", "Justice", "Moderation", "Cleanliness", "Tranquility", "Chastity", and "Humility".
Benjamin Franklin was also the only individual to sign all four documents that were necessary to negotiate the peaceful inception and government of our great nation. Those documents are: "The Declaration of Independence", "The Treaty of Alliance, Amity, and Commerce with France", "The Treaty of Peace Between England, France, and The United States", and "The Constitution of 1787". All four of these documents are listed at the foot of this great piece in an illuminated and decorated rectangular panel.
This one of a kind piece has copper, manganese, and sgraffito decoration on a museum yellow background. The pot has top-to-bottom manganese dot illumination, apple green decoration, translucent copper highlights, and all over sgraffito decoration. There are too many individual details to mention on this beautiful piece - we hope the photos do it justice.
*Note - Inside the lid of the pot, you'll find a hidden inscription that reads: "Inject yourself each morning with a dose of responsibility, respect and discepline." The artist, Chris Woods, has also included a small bird on branch.
Measurements: Height: 19.25", Width: 10.5", Base Diameter: 8"
Price: $2,495.00 (Sorry - Sold) |  
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Independence Day Redware Urn The pedestal base measures 6.25 inches. It has slip decorated stars and banding in museum yellow and manganese slip-trailed detail. The inscription on the base reads – “When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation”. These majestic words are the preamble to the Declaration of Independence – July 4, 1776. This is the document that created our country and once and for all separated us from our colonial master, Great Britain.
The second sentence of the Declaration of Independence has been called “one of the best known sentences in the English language” and “the most potent and consequential words in American history”. We have placed that sentence on the body of this great pot. It reads – “We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”. The other panel is inscribed with the 13 colonies who signed The Declaration –New Hampshire, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, & South Carolina. Also on the body the artist has added an applied eagle and two slip decorated cannons. The uppermost rim of the body has applied flowers and a delicate vine border in copper – the artist has also added tiny stars slip decorated in museum yellow. The base has 3 fancy scrolled handles applied to the sides and back.
The lid has slip decorated stars and banding in museum yellow and illuminated dots. It has delicate manganese squiggle detail at the outer most edge. The artist has added a complex and delicate incised pattern as the final border to this incredible piece. Resting inside the incised border are five hand sculpted symbols that are significant to our country – Eagle, Shield, Declaration of Independence, Flag, & Cannonballs. Beautifully sculpted, these symbols add unique and one of a kind detail to this incredible Independence Day Pot. Wood-fired redware. Sorry - Too Late - Sold (Included Packing & Shipping) | Independence Day Redware Urn Click on images to enlarge |
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Redware 
Folk Art Style Trade Goods Platter This giant dished plate is quilled in French yellow on a red clay background Highly Embellished Back 16.5" Wide x 13.25"High x 1.5"Deep Artist - Chris Woods $ 195In Stock | Redware 
 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Wine Jug This plate is quilled in French yellow and copper green on a red clay background "Wine cheers the heart and warms the blood and at this season's mighty good... "From a quote in a New England Tavern 5.25" Wide x 7" High Artist - Chris Woods $ 125In Stock |
Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Happy Thanksgiving This plate is quilled in French yellow and copper green on a red clay background. 16" Wide x 11.5"High Artist - Chris Woods $ 165 In Stock | Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Holiday Blessings This piece is quilled in museum yellow, manganese black, and copper green on a red clay background. 10.5"Wide Artist - Betty Lou Viox $ 85In Stock | Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Merry Christmas This plate is quilled in French yellow and copper green on a red clay background. Embellished Back 13" Wide x 2"Deep Artist - Chris Woods $ 175In Stock |
Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Merry Christmas 2009 This lovely plate is slip trailed in French yellow on a red clay 11.5 x 1.25"Deep Artist - Chris Woods $ 115 Sorry - Sold | Redware 
Folk Art Style Christmas Goose Platter This giant dished plate is quilled in French yellow on a red clay background Highly Embellished Back 19" Wide x 14"High x 1.5"Deep Artist - Chris Woods $ 250In Stock |
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| Turtle Creek potters uses many historical sources to inspire their "Folk Art" pottery. Designs from period fireboards, paintings, hooked rugs, needlework, frakturs, wall paintings, and quilts have all been used for our pottery designs. One of the most popular "Folk Art" design pottery styles is the "Bears and Pears" pottery. It is used mostly on pots and lamps. It was inspired by a fireboard in a New York museum |
Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Verse - "What the caterpillar calls the end of the world...The Master calls a Butterfly". Slip decorated in copper, iron, and manganese on a museum yellow background. Heavy Crackle. 16.5"w x 13"h Artist: Sandy Downing $ 295 Sorry - Sold | 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style This beautiful paper towel holder is slip trailed in copper, iron, manganese, and museum yellow on a museum yellow background. Artists - Fred Keith & Sandy Downing 15" High $ 335.00
Now $ 285.00 In Stock | Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Slip decorated in copper, iron, and manganese on a museum yellow background Heavy Crackle. 16.5"w x 13"h Artist: Sandy Downing $ 295 In Stock |
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(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Incised beautiful Sheep vase, heavy crackle, and nice age. Hand Thrown 4" Wide x 5.5"High $ 95.00 Sorry - Sold |  
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Hand Thrown Canister Rope Handles 10"High x 6"Wide $ 185.00Now $ 145.00
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(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Three sided Jar Slip decorated in copper, iron, and manganese on a museum yellow background Heavy Crackle. 5"w x 5.5"h Artist: Chris Woods $ 95In Stock |
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Mini Americana Rounds 4"W Rectangles 5" x 3.75" Slip Trailed Designs Rounds $ 25 each Rectangles $ 30 each | 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Domed Heart Bank 5"H x 3.5"W Hand Thrown Slip Trailed Design $ 50 | 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) "Flag Plaque" 11"W x 9.5"H Nice Rubber and Crackle Antique Finish Has leather hangers 5/8"thick slab $ 125 |
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| The Halloween Collection |
Redware 
"Haunted House" 6.25"Wide Slip Trailed Design on Slab Plate $ 48.50 In Stock | 
Click on Image to Enlarge David Smith Redware Candy Corn 4" Wide Round $ 26.50 In Stock | 
Click on Image to Enlarge David Smith Redware "Boo" 5" Wide Octagon $ 36.50 In Stock |
Click on Image to Enlarge King of the Jack o'Lanterns Candy Corn 4" Wide Round $ 26.50 In Stock |  (Click on Picture to Enlarge) Halloween Witch 11.5"W x 8.5"H This amazing piece is slip trailed in white, museum yellow, manganese black, copper green, iron red, and cobalt blue.
It reads: May the witches that fly - On this years halloween - Work a charm for good fortune - The brightest for you!
Artist - Sandy Downing
$ 155 Sorry - Sold | 
Click on Image to Enlarge David Smith Redware Them Bones 4" Wide Round $ 26.50 In Stock |
Click on Image to Enlarge Octagon Cluck Bowl 7.75" Wide x 2" Deep $ 83.50 In Stock | 
Click on Image to Enlarge Jack O'Lantern Dish 7.75" Wide x 6" High $ 63.50 In Stock | 
Click on Image to Enlarge Round Crow Dish 6.25" Wide $ 48.50 In Stock |
Click on Image to Enlarge Thrush Dish 5.25"Long x 4"Wide $ 24.50 In Stock | 
Click on Image to Enlarge Flying Crow 5.25"Long x 4"Wide $ 24.50 In Stock | |
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| The Christmas Collection |
Redware
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Holiday Blessings This piece is quilled in museum yellow, manganese black, and copper green on a red clay background. 10.5"Wide Artist - Betty Lou Viox $ 85In Stock | Redware
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Merry Christmas This plate is quilled in French yellow and copper green on a red clay background. Embellished Back 13" Wide x 2"Deep Artist - Chris Woods $ 175In Stock | Redware
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Folk Art Style Merry Christmas 2009 This lovely plate is slip trailed in French yellow on a red clay 11.5 x 1.25"Deep Artist - Chris Woods $ 115 Sorry - Sold |
Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) "Merry Christmas" 10"Wide This piece is quilled in museum yellow, manganese black, and copper green on a red clay background. $ 85Sorry - Sold | Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) "Snowman with Canes" 10"Wide - Artist "Betty Lou" Slip Trailed on Slab Plate $ 115Sorry - Sold | Redware 
"Santa and Stars" 8"H x 6"W Artist Jody Batchelder Slip Trailed Design on Slab Plate $ 55.00 Sorry - Sold |
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(Click on Picture to Enlarge) "Santa & Reindeer"5.5" W x 5.25"H Santa in Relief on crock with decorations $ 135.00Signed -"Sandy D" In Stock | Redware 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) Small Christmas Jug 4" W x 5.75"H $ 85.00 SignedSorry - Sold | 
Click on Image to Enlarge Flying Crow 5.25"Long x 4"Wide $ 24.50 In Stock |
Turtle Creek Pottery lamps are based on 18th & 19th century pottery forms that were used for everyday use. It begins with a hand thrown pot. Inspired by paintings, folk art, antiques, and museum pottery collections, our potters adorn the pot with decoration in a period reproduction style. Hand turned wood bases and tops, painted or stained in a complimentary finish, are then applied to the fired pot, and wired to UL specifications.
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| Moravian Style Lamp David Smith Redware (Wood Turned Lid & Base) This beautiful lamp is slip trailed in manganese and brushed in iron on a red background. Artist - Sandy Downing Jar is 26"High (top of shade) x 10"wide $ 465 In Stock (Shade is NOT included) Off white shade as shown 8"w (top) x 16"w (bottom) x 12" High $ 25 In Stock 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) | Moravian Style The potters of Old Salem, North Carolina came from Pennsylvania and central Europe. Their pottery consisted of thrown plates and jars and molded or cast animal bottles. These plates and pots were usually slip trail decorated over a red or yellow background |
| Folk Art Style Lamp David Smith Redware (Wood Turned Lid & Base) This beautiful lamp is slip trailed in manganese and brushed in iron on a museum yellow background. Artist - Sandy Downing Jar is 26"High (top of shade) x 10"wide $ 465Sorry - Sold (Shade is NOT included) Off white shade as shown 8"w (top) x 16"w (bottom) x 12" High $ 25 Sorry - Sold | Folk Art Style
We use many historical sources to inspire our "Folk Art" pottery. Designs from period fireboards, paintings, hooked rugs, needlework, frakturs, wall paintings, and quilts have all been used for our pottery designs. One of our most popular "Folk Art" design pottery styles is our "Bears and Pears" pottery. It is used mostly on pots and lamps. It was inspired by a fireboard in a New York museum |
| Pennsylvania Style Lamp David Smith Redware (Cherry Wood Turned Lid & Base) This beautiful lamp is incised and slip trailed in manganese and brushed in iron on a museum yellow background. Artists - Sandy Downing & Chris Woods Jar is 26"High (to top of shade) x 10"wide $ 475 Sorry - Sold (Shade is NOT included) Off white shade as shown 8"w (top) x 16"w (bottom) x 12" High $ 25Sorry - Sold 
(Click on Picture to Enlarge) | Pennsylvania Style The potters of Pennsylvania were the most prolific and artistic of all American Redware potters. Their forms were thrown, slabbed, coiled and hand built. Their decoration consisted of simple solid color glazes, to the multicolored, very detailed slip trailed and sgraffito ware highly prized by collectors today. The simple red slab plate with the yellow, wavy slip lines is also a classic Pennsylvania pottery form 
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| Folk Art Style Lamp "Bears & Pears" David Smith Redware (Wood Turned Lid & Base) This beautiful lamp is slip trailed in manganese and brushed in iron on a museum yellow background. Artist - Sandy Downing Jar is 26"High (top of shade) x 10"wide $ 465Sorry - Sold (Shade is NOT included) Off white shade as shown 8"w (top) x 16"w (bottom) x 12" High $ 25 Sorry - Sold | Folk Art Style
We use many historical sources to inspire our "Folk Art" pottery. Designs from period fireboards, paintings, hooked rugs, needlework, frakturs, wall paintings, and quilts have all been used for our pottery designs. One of our most popular "Folk Art" design pottery styles is our "Bears and Pears" pottery. It is used mostly on pots and lamps. It was inspired by a fireboard in a New York museum |
Moravian Style Lamp #2 David Smith Redware (Wood Turned Lid & Base) This beautiful lamp is slip trailed in manganese and brushed in iron on a red background. Artists - Sandy Downing & Chris Woods Jar is 26"High (top of shade) x 10"wide $ 435 In Stock (Shade is NOT included) Off white shade as shown 8"w (top) x 16"w (bottom) x 12" High $ 25 In Stock 
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Moravian Style The potters of Old Salem, North Carolina came from Pennsylvania and central Europe. Their pottery consisted of thrown plates and jars and molded or cast animal bottles. These plates and pots were usually slip trail decorated over a red or yellow background |
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