I walked every field that was open today - hoping, that I may find something worthwhile to take home. I began with some of the lesser quality fields at 6:00 am - and, then, I worked my way up to some of the better quality fields. All-in-all, I feel it was a successful day today - below, I discuss what I found and any known provenance that accompanied the object.
This first group of photos shows how my day progressed in Brimfield - also, shown below, is a group of southern face jugs that an Ohio dealer brought with him. He told me they were recently acquired from a private collection in the midwest.
The Antique Shows in Brimfield, Mass. at 6:00 am
The Antique Shows in Brimfield, Mass. at 6:00 am
Line Waiting to Get into the Dealer's Choice Antique Show in Brimfield, Mass.
The Show Began at 11:00 am
Line Waiting to Get into the Brimfield Acres North Antique Show in Brimfield, Mass.
The Show Began at 1:00 pm
Line Waiting to Get into the Brimfield Acres North Antique Show in Brimfield, Mass.
The Show Began at 1:00 pm
The Antique Shows in Brimfield, Mass. at 1:30 pm
The Antique Shows in Brimfield, Mass. at 1:30 pm
Collection of 20th Century Stoneware Face Jugs from Various Southern Makers
All Currently Being Offered by an Ohio Dealer in Brimfield, Mass.
20th Century Lanier Meaders Stoneware Face Jug
Dated on the Base '1980'
Currently Being Offered by a Dealer from Ohio in Brimfield, Mass.
I am rather excited over this first find that I discovered in a lesser-quality booth sitting directly next to a 'Rebecca at the Well' earthenware teapot from the nineteenth-century. I was told it was recently removed from a home in Connecticut, by a person, who cleans out homes for part of their income.
This object is a hand-made nineteenth-century red earthenware ram with a small bowl on its back that was more-than-likely used for salt. Personally, I can't say where it was specifically made (potter's business), but there are some aspects in the glaze that remind me of Pennsylvania-made products from the 1800's. There was also a larger red earthenware ram with coleslaw decoration (purely a whimsical piece with no obvious utilitarian use) that sold through Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland in March of 2012 with a very-similar base. The auction house did not specify where that ram was made.
This example is likely an end-of-day object that probably wasn't part of the regular output at any given potter's business.
I plan to conduct more research (and, more writing) into this subject at a later time.
19th Century Red Earthewnare Ram Salt
Probably an American-Made Product
It Exhibits Some Pennsylvania Characteristics
It Exhibits Some Pennsylvania Characteristics
Stands 4 1/4" Tall
Measures 3 5/8" Long
Recently Found in a Home in Connecticut
Purchased Today in Brimfield, Mass.
View of the Ram's Face
Another View of the Ram
View of the Ram's Tail
View of the Bowl that Would Have Held Salt
View of the Unglazed Base
Another View of the Ram
View of the Ram's Head
View of the Bowl that Would Have Held Salt
Next, is this jug, that appears like it could date from the late-eighteenth-century. I believe it is a New England-made product. The form of the neck is very-unusual. The handle is impressed at the base three times, which is a characteristic sometimes found on London, England-made stoneware jugs from the 1700's. The brown-glazed jug is decorated with alternating straight and wavy incised combing along the upper-half of the body.
The dealers told me they recently discovered the jug in a house in Augusta, Maine. They had suggested (to me) that this jug could have been an early Maine-made object possibly produced before Maine became an independent state (before 1820).
The dealers told me they recently discovered the jug in a house in Augusta, Maine. They had suggested (to me) that this jug could have been an early Maine-made object possibly produced before Maine became an independent state (before 1820).
18th/19th Century New England Brown-Glazed Red Earthenware Jug with Combed Decoration
Very-Unusual Form
Circa 1780-1820
Stands 12 1/4" Tall
Recently Found in a Home in Augusta, ME
Purchased Today in Brimfield, Mass.
View of the Handle
The Three Thumb Prints in this Manner is an English-Style
View of the Combed Decoration and the Very-Unusual Neck
If you remember, I wrote about red earthenware 'tomato jars' produced in Ontario in the nineteenth-century a few weeks ago. I had written that it was a specific use that is not regularly seen with American potter's products today; however, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario owns period advertising, which affirms that this was how some Ontario potter's actually advertised some of their jars after 1860. The report showcased a group of objects that the museum owns that are related to this line of production.
This jar was recently discovered in a very-early home in Salem, New Jersey along the Delaware River. The dealer told me she found it in an eighteenth-century home while on a house-call. I believe this jar is related to the 'tomato jars' that I discussed a few weeks ago making this jar a possible Ontario-made example of red earthenware from the second-half of the nineteenth-century; although, there is also a slight chance that it could be a western New York product seeing that those areas (Ontario and western New York) were intertwined in what I perceive to be a related region.
19th Century Red Earthenware Storage Jar Possibly Made in Ontario
This Form Has Been Called a 'Tomato Jar' by Some Period Advertising from Canada/Ontario Potters
Stands 8 1/8" Tall
Recently Found in a House in Salem, NJ
Purchased Today in Brimfield, Mass.
Another View of the Jar
My last discovery of the day is this beautiful hand-thrown, hand-decorated and hand-painted red earthenware jar that I believe was produced at the Charles A. Lawrence Pottery (circa 1866-1906) in Beverly, Massachusetts before 1906. The dealer told me he recently discovered the jar (lamp) at an estate sale in Massachusetts.
This jar was converted into a lamp many years ago - and, based on the electrical cord, I would say it was made into a lamp in the 1970's or the early-1980's. I'm actually going to leave it 'as-is' for now - and, use it as a lamp in my house. I really like its look! Someone put a lot of effort (or paid a decent amount of amount) to properly convert this jar into a quality looking lamp decades ago.
19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Likely Made at the Charles A. Lawrence Pottery - Beverly, MA
It Appears to Have Been Converted into a Lamp in the 1970's or the Early-1980's
Circa 1872-1906
Stands 10 1/8" Tall (Only the Jar)
Recently Discovered at an Estate Sale in Massachusetts
Purchased Today in Brimfield, Mass.
Another View of the Jar
Tomorrow brings another day of possibilities in Brimfield, Massachusetts - I am hopeful that I will have some more stories to share.
Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...
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