BarnSwallow Pottery

07/15/2025

Dear friends of Alyssa, Barbara and Barnswallow: There will be an estate sale of all contents of the barn and the house at 51 Elm Street, Newfield. It will be this Friday, July 18th and 19th, starting at 8 am and ending at 3pm. Sadly, treasures and mementos galore, I hope you can make it.
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01/04/2025

Alyssa's family is deeply saddened to share that Alyssa, beloved by so many, suffered a fatal heart attack on December 27th in Portland. Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments below. The family expects to conduct a celebration of life in the future.

12/05/2024

I am sad to tell all of his friends that Tucker passed away this morning. We were together in the living room and he appeared to have a stroke. He passed on the way to the urgent care vet. I am grateful he did not struggle very long. He had a wonderful life and was very loved by mom, me, friends and so many customers in the shop. Thank you to all of you who gave him some love and pets through the years.

11/28/2024

Happy Turkey Day! We will be open tomorrow for Black Friday, Saturday for Small Business Saturday and on Sunday. Bundle up because the barn is not heated. Here are a few new items in the shop. The two dark shiny pots are Prinknash, English pottery started by monks in the 1940’s. The two photos are from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1922 and 1923. They are each four feet long. After this weekend if you’d like to stop by message me or call and we can pick a time. Otherwise, we will see you in the spring. Thank you all for another great season!

11/23/2024

Back in the 1970’s, the day before Christmas, mom suddenly needed a plumber. She managed to reach Bernie, who she didn’t know. He came over and fixed the problem. She tried to pay him and he waved away his hand and said Merry Christmas. She quickly grabbed one of her hanging planters and told him to give it to his wife for Christmas. Ann Marie, Bernie’s wife, says that planter started it all. She and her daughter Jennie were recently in the shop and shared these photos of her collection. Jennie has her own, in different glazes. She is one of very few people who mom ever let register for her wedding in the shop. That is proof of how much she liked this family. It is always nice to see people who also remember her fondly.

11/10/2024

A mix of new items in the shop.

11/09/2024

Meet Cora, our customer of the day! This adorable mini labradoodle came in with her parents, had a biscuit and charmed everyone. She can stop time by anytime.

11/07/2024

New cards in the shop! They come with string attached so they can be hung.

11/06/2024

New items in the shop! Our popular whale mugs in three new colors, small mango wood heart trays, small vases and more mugs. Treat yourself or someone else.

10/18/2024

Last weekend I enjoyed a trip to CT to visit friends. I picked up pottery and a few other things for the shop.

09/14/2024

A customer came in today and told me she had always admired mom and her pottery. She started doing pottery herself and decided to research mom and found this TV segment from 1997. I’m very grateful she emailed it to me when she got home. If you want to go directly to her part fast forward to the ten minute mark. Absolutely wild.

"The Best of RFD Maine" was a six-part series from 1997 focusing on rural life in Maine and hosted by Maine author and essayist Sandy Phippen.Episode 202:Man...