My Niece, Alexis Pictured Outside 'Antiques at Bailey's in Nassau, NY
Tim's shop is widely known today for its incredible collection of early-nineteenth-century stoneware manufactured in the Albany, New York-area. For me, personally, the highlight of the collection is the stoneware that was made by Paul Cushman - some of these important examples, which are not for sale - and, happen to reside in the store's collection have been published in past articles written for Ceramics in America. This is the largest shop collection of Albany-made stoneware that is known in the country. The largest museum collection of Albany-made stoneware is probably at the nearby Albany Institute of History and Art; although, the the Adam Weitsman Stoneware Collection at the New York State Museum in Albany also owns incredible examples of this area's production, too.
According to the State University of New York Press in Albany, New York, "Paul Cushman (1767-1833) is recognized today as one of the founders of a regional stoneware industry that stretched throughout the upper Hudson River Valley of New York State. When Cushman moved to Albany around 1800, local stoneware production was limited to a few potters. His decision to open a pottery works 'half a mile west of the Albany Goal' at the beginning of the new century resulted in a long-lived and successful business. It also initiated a century of tremendous growth and expansion in regional stoneware manufacturing."
My Niece, Alexis Pictured With Some of the Paul Cushman Stoneware Made in Albany, NY
The 'Top Shelf' Collection Contains A Group of Important Cushman Examples
Some of These Examples Have Been Published in Ceramics in America
It's always a pleasure to visit Timothy Bailey's shop; however, I also made a purchase. Recently, Tim picked the following ovoid red earthenware jug in upstate New York. The jug didn't come with much of a history, but on first sight it did appear to be quite a few miles away from where it seemed to have originally been manufactured. Understandably, objects like this also traveled over the years - people migrated and people moved. Objects that were once new eventually became old - only to later become an antique and collectible. Without a documented history - it's really anyone's guess as to how a certain object appears where it does today.
This jug is a known New England-made form, which I believe was made in South Danvers (today known as Peabody), Massachusetts during the 1800 to 1900 period. For those, who don't know - South Danvers or Peabody is located near coastal Massachusetts, next to Salem, Massachusetts and a few miles north of Boston.
There are a few reasons why I suggest this specific attribution, such as the form, the glaze, the handle, the handle attachments, the handle terminal, the rim, the footed base and the incised lines, which are all characteristic of wares, made in this area of Massachusetts, at places, such as the Osborn Family Pottery and the Joseph Reed Pottery (note: Joseph Reed purchased the Osborn Pottery) in the 1800's. My reason for suggesting such a broad manufacture date is due to the form of this jug, which was produced for many decades in South Danvers (and, later Peabody) through the span of the 1800's. Realistically, this form was some-what produced into the early-twentieth-century at the Moses Paige Pottery in Peabody, which was one of the few businesses in New England that continued utilitarian red earthenware production into the 1900's. My feeling is that this particular jug was produced during the 1800 to 1840 period, but I am not one-hundred-percent certain of that to say "definitely."
19th Century Red Earthenware Jug Possibly Made in South Danvers/Peabody, Mass.
Circa 1800-1900
Stands 9 1/4" Tall
Recently Picked by Antiques Dealer, Timothy Bailey in Upstate New York
Purchased at 'Antiques at Bailey's' in Nassau, NY Last Weekend
Close Up of the Incised Lines, the Neck, the Rim and the Handle Attachment
View of the Handle
View of the Base
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