On August 11, 2013, Skinner held their annual summer Americana sale at their Marlborough, Massachusetts auction gallery located just off Route 495. There were a few examples of red earthenware included in the sale that were once owned by Charles D. Cook, who lived on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Cook was a prominent collector in the first-half of the twentieth-century. He owned outstanding examples of red earthenware from various eighteenth and nineteenth-century makers in New England; although, his preference appeared to focus with the potter's industry positioned to the west of New Bedford in southeastern Massachusetts. Southeastern Massachusetts was also the local red earthenware industry that was located nearest to where Cook lived on Cape Cod. There were dozens of potters employed in this region in the 1700's and the 1800's.
According to Skinner, "This early-nineteenth-century New England redware pitcher is decorated with a green-glaze, streaks of manganese and orange halos caused from minerals in the clay." Whereas, I actually believe this pitcher was made in southeastern Massachusetts in the late-eighteenth or the early-nineteenth-century.
A similar museum-quality red earthenware pitcher sold a few years prior at Northeast Auctions Annual Summer Americana Sale in 2011, which was held in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire. The pitcher was consigned as part of a Boston-area medical doctor's collection. Formerly, this pitcher was also owned by Charles D. Cook. Northeast Auctions attributed this pitcher to the industry in southeastern Massachusetts during the late-eighteenth or early-nineteenth-century. It eventually sold to a prominent New York couple, who own a choice selection of American-made red earthenware today.
I should note that both of the mentioned pitchers originally sold through Skinner in the early-2000's when the Cook collection was consigned by the Cook family. Previously, Charles D. Cook's collection had remained with the family for almost one century. Skinner divided the collection over a few Americana sales held in Boston.
A similar museum-quality red earthenware pitcher sold a few years prior at Northeast Auctions Annual Summer Americana Sale in 2011, which was held in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire. The pitcher was consigned as part of a Boston-area medical doctor's collection. Formerly, this pitcher was also owned by Charles D. Cook. Northeast Auctions attributed this pitcher to the industry in southeastern Massachusetts during the late-eighteenth or early-nineteenth-century. It eventually sold to a prominent New York couple, who own a choice selection of American-made red earthenware today.
I should note that both of the mentioned pitchers originally sold through Skinner in the early-2000's when the Cook collection was consigned by the Cook family. Previously, Charles D. Cook's collection had remained with the family for almost one century. Skinner divided the collection over a few Americana sales held in Boston.
My reason for writing about these objects today is for a comparison to an object that I own, which I believe may also have been manufactured in southeastern Massachusetts in the late-eighteenth-century. Otherwise, it must have been made somewhere else along coastal Massachusetts; although, there are many notable similarities that seem to be related between these three pitchers.
My parents actually gave me the following large black-glazed pitcher (see below) as a birthday present a few years ago - they purchased it at a Pook & Pook sale in Downington, Pennsylvania. I would like to also add that the pitcher may have sold in Pennsylvania, but it was among a group of New England-made red earthenware, which had been privately consigned to a Pook & Pook Americana sale.
My parents actually gave me the following large black-glazed pitcher (see below) as a birthday present a few years ago - they purchased it at a Pook & Pook sale in Downington, Pennsylvania. I would like to also add that the pitcher may have sold in Pennsylvania, but it was among a group of New England-made red earthenware, which had been privately consigned to a Pook & Pook Americana sale.
You should be able to notice that the following objects exhibit similar forms, similar rims, a similar ovoid shape, a similar footed base, a similar handle and two of the objects are also decorated with collars around the neck. There are also differences found in each object, but the comparisons appear to be related. The variation in the ovoid shape seen with the black-glazed pitcher may be a result of an early-manufacturer that predated the other two pitchers.
Pitcher Sold by Skinner in 2013
Late-18th or Early-19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher
Attributed to Southeastern Massachusetts
Ex-Charles D. Cook Collection - Cape Cod, Mass.
Circa 1790-1830
Stands 10 3/8" Tall
Photo Courtesy: Skinner - Boston & Marlborough, Mass.
Pitcher Sold by Northeast Auctions in 2011
Late-18th or Early-19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher
Attributed to Southeastern Massachusetts
Ex-Charles D. Cook Collection - Cape Cod, Mass.
Circa 1790-1830
Stands 10 1/2" Tall
Photo Courtesy: Northeast Auctions - Portsmouth, NH
Pitcher from My Collection
Late-18th or Early-19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher
Possibly Made in Southeastern Massachusetts
Circa 1770-1820
Stands 13 1/8" Tall
View of the Handle
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