Jonathan and Ezekiel Hayward were involved with the early red earthenware industry in Beverly in the late-seventeenth century, but very little, if any information is known about their work. They may have had a small involvement with the industry in Charlestown, Massachusetts; however, it is more likely that they were previously involved with the industry in Essex County, Massachusetts before establishing their own business.
The Ezekiel Pottery could possibly have been what Lawrence referred to when he credited the Beverly business having been established in 1701. It is likely that Lawrence did not see his own company as an individual business, but rather a business that carried on the tradition of red earthenware production in Beverly, which he felt may have begun in the early-eighteenth century. Interestingly, the Moses Paige Pottery in Peabody, Massachusetts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries credits itself with a similar timeframe for its establishment. I should also note that Lawrence and Paige knew each other from their initial training in Peabody.
Beverly did not sustain a large industry in comparison to the production that took place in Peabody; although, Beverly did support at least three businesses after 1700, which operated a half century or more apart from each other. The Hayward Pottery was in business in the early eighteenth century; the Tarbell Pottery operated during the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century, but before 1820 - and, Charles A. Lawrence's business operated circa 1866-1906.
The red earthenware produced by the Lawrence Pottery in the 1860s was of typical utilitarian forms; however, the 1870s presented a whole new line of products. The business began manufacturing forms taken from Old World styles. According to period advertising, inspiration was taken from actual original ancient pottery, photographs, wood cuts and drawings. There was also a great emphasis devoted towards floral wares in the late-nineteenth century.
I recently visited the Bass River in Beverly, a location where I believe all three businesses were located. Nonetheless, I found a group of artifacts that I believe are all related to the nineteenth century production that took place in Beverly.
Bass River in Beverly, Mass.
Location Where Sherds were Found on the Bass River in Beverly, MA
Utilitarian Red Earthenware Sherds
Redware Sherds with Unusual Purplish-Colored Glaze Found in Beverly, MA
Incised and Painted Sherds
19th Century Painted and Incised Sherd Found in Beverly, MA
Another View of the Sherd
19th Century Incised Sherds Found in Beverly, MA
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