. A modern history of New London County, Connecticut;. OLD HUNTINGTON HOUSE, RENTED BY CAPTAIN RENEGRIONON FOl; A GOLDSMITHS iiIJ) PI iTTEItY OF SII >Ni;v l:ISLi:v. IsUIOrliOh A|:i ilT Is:;., XOTAIJLE PLACES AXD HOMES 545 seen in the town. Coarse pottery was made to a certain extent soon afterthe settlement in New England ; our ancestors used pewter and wooden and other utensils, many of these being retained in Norwich was not common in American houses until the middle of the eight-eenth century, and few persons of Revolutionary times had ever seen por-
. A modern history of New London County, Connecticut;. OLD HUNTINGTON HOUSE, RENTED BY CAPTAIN RENEGRIONON FOl; A GOLDSMITHS iiIJ) PI iTTEItY OF SII >Ni;v l:ISLi:v. IsUIOrliOh A|:i ilT Is:;., XOTAIJLE PLACES AXD HOMES 545 seen in the town. Coarse pottery was made to a certain extent soon afterthe settlement in New England ; our ancestors used pewter and wooden and other utensils, many of these being retained in Norwich was not common in American houses until the middle of the eight-eenth century, and few persons of Revolutionary times had ever seen por-celain. Wooden trenchers, spoons, pewter dishes, mugs, water pitchers, andsimilar articles, appear in many old inventories. In 1822 there were onlytwelve potteries in Connecticut, the value of the earthen and stone ware being$30,740. Pottery, in its broadest sense, includes everything made of clay, eitherwholly or in part, and then baked in a fire or furnace; and all makers ofwares consisting of clay, either pure or combined, and finished by baking,were potters. As it is now generally understood, objects made of clay andbaked
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