EarlyAmericanCeramics.com: The Antique Shows in Brimfield, Massachusetts

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

The Antique Shows in Brimfield, Massachusetts - September 8, 2015

The weather in Brimfield, Massachusetts was hot today! The heat was exhausting. The temperature peaked around 95 degrees - and, there was no real escape from the high temperatures with very-little shade in some of the antique fields, but there was also no clouds in the sky and not much of a breeze, either. Never-the-less, I did okay picking the fields from the moment I arrived at 5:30 am to when I left at 1:30 pm. It is not surprising that I am tired tonight - so, I want to make this report recapping my experience short today.

Brimfield, Mass. - Sept. 8, 2015

Robesonia, PA Antiques Dealer - Greg Kramer

Brimfield, Mass. - Sept. 8, 2015

This first object was discovered moments after I arrived in a field that opened at 5:00 am. The dealer told me he was from Western New York - he also said that is where he found this red earthenware jar. I asked him whether he felt it was a Western New York or an Ontario-made object - and, he felt strongly that it was made in Western New York. I also felt that way - ultimately, I agreed with him. The form of this jar is similar to a jar that Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland sold in 2011 that was impressed with the mark of the potter, Ed Prosser and also Alvin Wilcox's mark in West Bloomfield (Ontario County), New York from around the mid-nineteenth-century. There's a chance that both of these jars are related, but there is also a chance that the jar that I found today is from another nineteenth-century Western New York potter.

Crocker Farm Jar

19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Made in West Bloomfield, NY

Stamped 'Ed Prosser' and 'A. Wilcox'

Circa 1850

Stands 9" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

Another View of the Jar

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

View of the Stamp

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

Brimfield, MA Discovered Jar

19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Likely Made in Western New York

Recently Found in Western New York

Circa 1850

Stands 10 1/8" Tall

Purchased Today in Brimfield, Mass.

Another View of the Jar

The other object that I purchased came from West Newbury, Massachusetts antiques dealer, Paul DeCoste. I really like this pitcher. It is mostly decorated with slip; however, there is also manganese that has been brushed on top of the slip that gives the pitcher a two-colored glaze. Robesonia, Pennsylvania antiques dealer, Greg Kramer felt this pitcher could have been made in Berks County, Pennsylvania in the early-nineteenth-century.