Today, I would like to take another look at this remarkable object, and specifically focus on this jug's spectacular glaze. I had also mentioned earlier this week that this glaze could be mistaken for a product that was produced in southeastern Massachusetts around 1790-1830; however, this form was undoubtedly made in Maine.
I would actually slightly compare this jug's glaze to an extremely rare glaze found on two known tear-drop-shaped red earthenware jugs that were produced in southeastern Massachusetts.
I also truly believe that this specific southeastern Massachusetts glaze is among the best glazes that were ever achieved by any eighteenth or nineteenth-century New England-based potter. This glaze is a remarkable achievement that was really decades ahead of its time - this is the type of glaze that would have been accomplished under careful study by such potters as Hugh Robertson in Chelsea, Massachusetts after 1880, and Thomas Nickerson in Newburyport, Massachusetts after 1897. However, this is an important achievement that happened in the early-nineteenth-century when the New England potter's industry was dominated by utilitarian red earthenware potters.
Christies in New York City sold one of the two known southeastern Massachusetts jugs during the Howard Gilman Foundation Sale that happened on January 15-16, 2004. The jug sold for just under $18,000, including the buyer's premium.
According to Sheffield, Massachusetts antiques collector and dealer, Samuel Herrup, "The Gilman Foundation was a private collecting vehicle of the Gilman Company, a large privately owned forest products company in Georgia. The company had a New York City office, where they displayed redware and decoys - and, a world-class photography collection, which went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The redware collection was put together privately in the 1980's and the early-1990's."
The second known southeastern Massachusetts jug (see below) was collected in the 1980's and the 1990's by Ron and Penny Dionne in Willington, Connecticut. That jug was later sold to a private Maine collector in the 2000's - and, it has recently been brokered, again into another New England collection.
Nonetheless, I would like to make a comparison with the glazes that are found on the John Alld jug made in Hollis, Maine, which is owned by Winterthur in Delaware - and, one of the two known southeastern Massachusetts jugs, which I just described.
Note: Although, the forms of these objects are not comparable, the important glazes do appear to share some similarities. Personally, I believe the tear-drop shaped jug is a better-made product that took more-skill to manufacture.
Southeastern Massachusetts
Early-19th Century Red Earthenware Jug Attributed to Southeastern Massachusetts
Wonderful Glazed Jug in a Very-Rare Tear-Drop Form
Circa 1790-1830
Stands 4 3/8" Tall
Ex-Ron and Penny Dionne Collection - Willington, CT
Ex-Ron and Penny Dionne Collection - Willington, CT
Photo Courtesy: Private New England Collection, NewEnglandRedware.com
Another View of the Jug
Ruler Shows the Size of the Jug
Photo Courtesy: Private New England Collection, NewEnglandRedware.com
Another View of the Jug
Photo Courtesy: Private New England Collection, NewEnglandRedware.com
John Alld, Hollis, Maine
19th Century Green-Glazed Red Earthenware Jug Likely Made by John Alld - Hollis, ME
Possibly the Finest Glazed John Alld Object Known to Exist Today
Probably Among the Finest Glazed Maine Objects Known to Exist Today
Color of this Green-Glaze is Comparable to Products that were Made in Southeastern Massachusetts
Probably Among the Finest Glazed Maine Objects Known to Exist Today
Color of this Green-Glaze is Comparable to Products that were Made in Southeastern Massachusetts
Circa 1820-1860
Stands 6 3/8" Tall
Photo Courtesy: Winterthur - Wilmington, DE
View of the Handle
Photo Courtesy: Winterthur - Wilmington, DE
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