Yesterday, he brought an incredible slip-decorated red earthenware jar that appears eighteenth-century in origin. The weight of the jar (10 pounds), the color of the lead glaze, the color of the slip-decoration and the color of the clay all suggest an American manufacturer (to me).
The dealer suggested that this jar may have been made in Pennsylvania in the early-nineteenth-century; however, the unusual style of slip-decoration may suggest that this jar was made in New England, where there were many rare slip techniques applied in the 1700's. These techniques often imitated styles that were found on imported European products.
For example, there were unusual methods of slip-decoration found with red earthenware products made by potters in the Hartford, Connecticut-area, southeastern Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Plymouth, County, Massachusetts, Charlestown, Massachusetts, Essex County, Massachusetts, Portsmouth, New Hampshire and central New Hampshire in the eighteenth-century.
Nevertheless, the style of slip-decoration on this jar closely resembles styles, which were applied at the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1764-1799.
I have shown below a variety of similar slip-decorated sherds that were recovered by Massachusetts author, Lura Woodside Watkins at the site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport in the 1930's. But I have also shown examples of Bayley Pottery, which were recovered in eighteenth-century contexts at archaeological sites in Salem, Massachusetts, Portsmouth, New Hampshire and New Brunswick.
Note: The accidentally glazed base has nothing to do with where this object was made - this happened at many potter's businesses in the eighteenth and nineteenth-centuries. This base was never entirely glazed. If you look closely, you will notice that some of the Bayley Pottery sherds that Watkins collected also have a little bit of glaze on the base.
Jar Found in a House in Danbury, CT
Probably Late-18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Jar
Slip-Decoration Resembles Slip Applied at the Daniel Bayley Pottery Co. in Newburyport, Mass.
Reportedly Found in a House in Danbury, CT
Stands 11 1/8" Tall
Weighs 10 Pounds
Another View of the Jar
Another View of the Jar
View of the Interior
Another View of the Interior
View of the Base
Daniel Bayley Pottery Company Sherds
18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered by Massachusetts Author, Lura Woodside Watkins in the 1930's
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered by Massachusetts Author, Lura Woodside Watkins in the 1930's
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered by Massachusetts Author, Lura Woodside Watkins in the 1930's
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered by Massachusetts Author, Lura Woodside Watkins in the 1930's
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered by Massachusetts Author, Lura Woodside Watkins in the 1930's
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered by Massachusetts Author, Lura Woodside Watkins in the 1930's
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered by Massachusetts Author, Lura Woodside Watkins in the 1930's
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered by Massachusetts Author, Lura Woodside Watkins in the 1930's
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered by Massachusetts Author, Lura Woodside Watkins in the 1930's
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered by Massachusetts Author, Lura Woodside Watkins in the 1930's
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
Chamber Pot Recovered on Deer Street in Portsmouth, NH
19th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Chamber Pot
Attributed to the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered in a Late-18th Century Archaeological Context on Deer Street in Portsmouth, NH
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke Archaeology Department - Portsmouth, NH
Chamber Pot Recovered at the Narbonne House in Salem, Mass.
Attributed to the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered in a Circa 1770 Archaeological Context at the Narbonne House in Salem, Mass.
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Photo Courtesy: Narbonne House - Salem, Mass.
Another View of the Chamber Pot
Photo Courtesy: Narbonne House - Salem, Mass.
Chamber Pot Recovered at the Narbonne House in Salem, Mass.
19th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Chamber Pot
Attributed to the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Mass.
Recovered in a Circa 1770 Archaeological Context at the Narbonne House in Salem, Mass.
Slip-Decoration is Similar to the Jar Discussed Above
Photo Courtesy: Narbonne House - Salem, Mass.
Pan Recovered in New Brunswick
Daniel Bayley Pottery Co. Attributed Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Dish - Newburyport, MA
Recovered in Saint John, NB in the Mid-1950's
Stands 3 1/8" Tall
Recovered in Saint John, NB in the Mid-1950's
Stands 3 1/8" Tall
Measures 14 1/8" in Diameter
Ca. Late 1760's or Early 1770's
Photo Courtesy: Peter Larocque, New Brunswick Museum - Saint John, NB
Ca. Late 1760's or Early 1770's
Photo Courtesy: Peter Larocque, New Brunswick Museum - Saint John, NB
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