Don Carpentier

We've just added some new pieces by Don Carpentier. Carpentier has restored the more than 20 buildings that make up Eastfield Village, his 14-acre Upstate New York property which reflects the period 1820-1840 America. A self-taught potter, Don creates Mochaware, the vibrantly colored plates and mugs found in 18th- and 19th century kitchens and taverns. His methods and tools for making Mochaware are authentic, producing pieces that are difficult to distinguish from the originals. Don’s work has received praise from the Henry Francis duPoint Winterthur Museum in Delaware, the Iron Bridge-Coalport Museum in England’s Shropshire, and Paul Atterbury; a regular on the BBC produced Antiques Road Show and Ceramics Monthly magazine. Don has been created china for Old Sturbridge Village and some of his feather-edge creamware dinner service is displayed in several interpretive sites in Colonial Williamsburg.