At the commencement of the Revolutionary war a man named Upton came from Nantucket to East Greenwich, R. I., and there manufactured earthen ware. The pottery when made was baked in a kiln which stood at the corner of King and Marlboro Streets. He made pans, bowls, plates, cups, and saucers of common red clay, a little finer than that now used in the manufacture of flower-pots. As little porcelain was imported from Europe during the War, people used willingly, and even eagerly, the coarse plates, and drank their “Liberty Tea” from the coarse cups and saucers. The clay came from Goold’s Mount, now owned by Mr. Henry Waterman, of Quidneset. After the war was ended Potter Upton went back to his safety-assured home on Nantucket, and the Greenwich pottery was closed. In 1793 there was a flourishing pottery in Quasset, Windham County, Conn., and the pottery carts of Thomas Bugbee, the proprietor, were well known throughout the county. He made inkstands, bean-pots, jugs, jars, and many other common shapes, and the demand for milk-pans alone always kept his kiln running all summer. There was at this time another similar pottery in Stonington, owned by Adam States, who made gray jugs and pots and jars with salt-glaze. Another firm at Norwalk manufactured red ware with a lead glaze. There is a specimen in the Trumbull-Prime collection. Mr. Prime says they manufactured mugs, teapots, jars, and milk-pans at this Norwalk pottery. In 1794 a Mr. Fenton, of New Haven, set up in Lynn Street, Boston, a pottery where “all manner of stone vessels were made after the manner of imported Liverpool ware and sold at a lower rate.” The clay for this manufacture was brought from Perth Amboy, N. J. An article in the _American Museum_ in 1791, on the existing state of American manufactures, said, “Coarse tiles and bricks of an excellent quality, potters’ wares, all in quantities beyond the home consumption, a few ordinary vessels of stone mixed with clay, some mustard and snuff bottles, a few flasks or flagons, a small quantity of sheet glass, and of vessels for family use, generally of inferior kinds, are now made.” Dr. Dwight, in 1822, gave among his list of Connecticut factories and manufactures, “potteries twelve,” “value of earthen and stone-ware $30,940;” and for Massachusetts, “earthen ware, $18,700.”