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Jonathon Fenton established a pottery and kiln near this site in 1801, first making redware from clay found along the banks of the Mettowee River. He then became the first potter in Vermont to make salt-glazed stoneware. In 1810 he moved his pottery to East Dorset. His two sons, Richard Lucas Fenton and Christopher Webber Fenton, also became stoneware potters of note, working in East Dorset and later with the Norton family in Bennington.
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Dorset, Vermont · United States
