A Wonderful Estate Sale at an 18th Century House in Beverly, Massachusetts

Yesterday, I left work early in Newton, Massachusetts in order to go to an estate sale at an eighteenth century house on Cabot Street in Beverly, Massachusetts. I was told that there were some people, who actually camped out over night for this wonderful sale, which included some early pieces of furniture, Shaker accessories and artwork that had sold well-before I arrived.

The company holding the estate sold told me that everything was for sale on the property, which is not always the case with estate sales - and, that a crowd of hundreds of people had gathered in anticipation of the sale that began at 9:00 am; whereas, I did not arrive until 11:00 am.

I was told that the property was previously owned by a local dentist, who had recently passed away in his 90s. I was also told that a lot of the material had been purchased locally by the homeowner in the 1940s and 1950s.

It should be no surprise that my focus was with any American-made utilitarian pottery that I may find in the house, cellar or the old attached barn; although, I did purchase a few nice pieces of nineteenth century painted tin, an early amethyst-colored hand-blown glass vase, a few pieces of nineteenth century American-made glass, an early charcoal drawing of the Balch House in Beverly, which was built in the 1630s and signed by the artist, an attractive transfer decorated English teapot decorated with blue flowers and a deer, as well as a well-used eighteenth century iron oven peel, which I found in the cellar buried behind the stairs.

But I also discovered a number of pieces of nineteenth and early-twentieth century red earthenware, which I found hidden in the barn and in the cellar. My favorite finds were two red earthenware miniatures from the 1800s that I believe were made locally.

Note: I have posted images of most of the pottery that I discovered below after the pictures that show the interior and exterior of the estate sale in Beverly, Massachusetts. These pictures include a red earthenware animal feeder that I believe was made in Peabody, Massachusetts in the nineteenth century, which is an ongoing research subject on this website. I believe animal feeders and waterers were a regular form produced in Peabody at either the Osborn Pottery, the Reed Pottery or the Paige Pottery, which is a style of production that is not well-documented today.

Estate Sale in Beverly, Mass.

18th Century Home in Beverly, Massachusetts

This is Where the Estate Sale was Held on July 25, 26 and 27 from 9:00am to 2:00pm
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View of the House from the Side Yard

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Another View of the House

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 View of the House from Another Corner

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 View of the House from the Driveway
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 View of the Attached Barn in the Background
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 View of the Kitchen
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 View of the Pantry
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 View of the Living Room
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 View of the Dining Room
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 View of the 2nd Floor in the House
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 View of the Cellar
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View of the Work Room Inside the House
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 View of the Barn
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 View of the 2nd Floor in the Barn
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 View of the Stairs in the Barn
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 Another View of the 2nd Floor in the Barn
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Garden Pots that Had Been Removed from the Barn
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Miniature Red Earthenware Objects

 (Left) 19th Century Miniature Red Earthenware Ewer Found in the Barn

Likely Made Locally in Essex County, Mass.
Possibly Made at the C.A. Lawrence Pottery in Beverly, Mass.

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 (Right) 19th Century Miniature Red Earthenware Vase Found in the Barn

Likely Made Locally in Essex County, Mass.
Possibly Made at the C.A. Lawrence Pottery in Beverly, Mass.

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View of the Bases

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Red Earthenware Animal Feeder

19th Century Red Earthenware Animal Feeder Found in the Barn

Likely Made Locally in Essex County, Mass.
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 View of the Interior Glaze
This is a Glaze Color Commonly Found with Pottery Produced in Peabody, Mass.
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Red Earthenware Pot

19th Century Red Earthenware Pot Found in the Barn
Likely Made Locally in Essex County, Mass.
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 View of the Interior Glaze
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Red Earthenware Flower Pots

19th or Early-20th Century Flower Pots Found in the Barn
Likely Made Locally in Essex County, Mass.

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Red Earthenware Flower Pot Saucers

19th or Early-20th Century Flower Pot Saucers Found in the Cellar

Likely Made in Massachusetts

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19th or Early-20th Century Flower Pot Saucers Found in the Cellar

Likely Made in Massachusetts

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19th or Early-20th Century Flower Pot Saucers Found in the Cellar

Likely Made in Massachusetts

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Red Earthenware Flower Pots

19th or Early-20th Century Flower Pot Saucers Found in the Cellar

Likely Made in Massachusetts

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Red Earthenware Orchid Pots

Collection of 20th Century Red Earthenware Orchid Pots Found in the Cellar
Possibly American-Made
Possibly Circa 1920s-1950s
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View of Two of the Pots
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View of the Interior
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