Vintage Handpainted Stoneware Crock by Ransburg circa 1930s-1940s princeton new jersey Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

clocks and chests of drawers that would have typically been seen in 17th and 18th-century homes in New England

and cheerful

Hey diddle diddle | The cat and the fiddle | The cow jumped over the moon | The little dog laughed to see such sport | And the dish ran away with the spoon

Made of earthenware

Vintage Handpainted Stoneware Crock by Ransburg circa 1930s-1940s princeton new jersey Joni MitchellThe pottery that's taking the country by storm (from a 1938 Ransburg Pottery Advertisement) {HISTORY} A favorite since it was first introduced in the 1920s, Ransburg kitchenware tells the story of one man's creative determination to succeed through some of the worst economic climates of the 20th century. The son of a Quaker farmer, Harper J. Ransburg's passion for creative arts was much more appealing to him than following in his father's footsteps.