Redware, Mocha & Yellowware | Antique Earthenware Pottery

Redware, Yellowware, and MochaWare are early forms of earthenware pottery valued for their practicality, affordability, and distinctive glazing techniques. Made from locally sourced clays and fired at relatively low temperatures, these wares depend on surface treatments and glazes for both function and decoration.

Redware is identified by its red to pinkish clay body, the result of high iron content, and was produced as early as the late 1600s by American colonists for everyday household use. Yellowware, made from buff to yellow-orange clay, was widely produced during the mid-19th to early 20th centuries, with Ohio later emerging as a major center of manufacture.

MochaWare, or mocha, is an English dipped earthenware produced primarily between 1780 and the 1840s for export to the American market. Decoration was created by applying a reactive mixture traditionally made from ingredients such as tobacco juice, hops, turpentine, and other organic materials to a wet slip coating, triggering chemical reactions that created a visually expressive but unpredictable appearance.

Redware, Yellowware & MochaWare collection features antique examples selected for their form, surface character, and historical significance, showcasing the ingenuity and expressive glazing techniques of early utilitarian pottery.