I was also already aware of a large slip-deocrated jar, which I viewed last year when I visited the museum with Massachusetts antiques dealer, Samuel Herrup; however, I could not remember exactly how it appeared.
When I saw that slip-decorated jar today, I instantly realized that the slip-decoration was basically undoubtedly applied by the same hand as was the slip-decoration on a jar that I found earlier this week. I found that jar in the rain at the 'New England Motel and Antiques Market Show' in Brimfield, Massachusetts. The dealer told me that he recently found the jar in a house in Danbury, Connecticut.
Strawbery Banke's jar is also accompanied with a strong history, where it was gifted to the museum in 1975 when the museum was pursuing objects, which pertained to everyday life in Portsmouth in the eighteenth and nineteenth-centuries. The museum's jar was reportedly found in New Hampshire by famed Brentwood, New Hampshire antiques dealer, Roger Bacon before 1975, but he could have discovered it years earlier, as well.
Roger gifted the jar to Strawbery Banke, among other red earthenware objects, which appear to have been mostly from southern New Hampshire and Essex County, Massachusetts potters, such as the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company (circa 1764-1799) in Newburyport, Massachusetts and the William Pecker Pottery (circa 1790-1820) in Merrimacport, Massachusetts.
It should be important to note, as well that pottery from the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company has been recovered in various eighteenth-century archaeological contexts in Portsmouth, and elsewhere in New Hampshire.
There is no doubt that Daniel Bayley was exporting his wares to places like Salem, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine and even to military forts spread throughout Maine and Canada. There is strong evidence to support this claim.
These are the comparable characteristic between the two jars of discussion, which are also shown below.
- The lead glaze colors are very similar.
- The hand that applied the slip appears to be the same hand.
- The bases are both partially glazed, which may have been accidental.
- I assume that the jar I found in Brimfield may have also originally had a lid.
- The objects are both a similar size.
- The footed bases are also very similar.
- The color of the clay matches.
Note: I have also shown pictures of slip-decoraed sherds collected at the site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company by Massachusetts author, Lura Woodside Watkins ('Early New England Potters and Their Wares') in the 1930's, as-well-as Daniel Bayley Pottery sherds recovered in archaeological contexts in New England and Canada before 1790. I have also shown some of the other red earthenware objects that were gifted by Roger Bacon to Strawbery Banke in 1975.
Strawbery Banke's Jar
(Damaged) Likely 18th Century Red Earthenware Jar Reportedly Discovered in New Hampshire
Slip-Decoration is Similar to Decoration From the Daniel Bayley Pottery Co. in Newburyport, MA
Slip-Deocration was Likely Done by the Same Hand as was the Decoration on the Jar Below
Also Notice the Color of the Glaze
Stands 10 1/4" Tall
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH
Another View of the Jar
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH
View of One Handle
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH
View of the Glaze on the Base
Notice the Color of the Glaze
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH
View of the Interior
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH
View of the Slip-Decorated Lid
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH
Another View of the Lid
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH
Jar Found in Brimfield, Mass.
Probably Late-18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Jar
Slip-Decoration Resembles Slip Applied at the Daniel Bayley Pottery Co. in Newburyport, Mass.
Slip-Deocration was Likely Done by the Same Hand as was the Decoration on the Jar Above
This Jar May Have Originally Had a Lid
Slip-Deocration was Likely Done by the Same Hand as was the Decoration on the Jar Above
This Jar May Have Originally Had a Lid
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
Another View of the Jar
Another View of the Jar
Another View of the Jar
View of the Interior
View of the Glaze on the Base
Daniel Bayley Archaeology
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.
Photo Courtesy: Narbonne House - 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.
Photo Courtesy: Narbonne House - 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.
Photo Courtesy: Narbonne House - Salem, Mass.
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
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke Archaeology Department - Portsmouth, NH
Daniel Bayley Pottery Co. Attributed Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Dish - Newburyport, MA
Recovered in Saint John, NB in the Mid-1950's
The Proprietors of a Trading Post on the Site Came from Newburyport, MA.
Stands 3 1/8" Tall
Recovered in Saint John, NB in the Mid-1950's
The Proprietors of a Trading Post on the Site Came from Newburyport, MA.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Circa 1764-1799
Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
A Few Objects from Roger Bacon's Collection
William Pecker Red Earthenware Pot - Merrimacport, Mass.
Circa 1790-1820
Gifted to Strawbery Banke by Roger Bacon in 1975
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH
Probably 18th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher
Likely Made in Either Essex County, Mass.
This is One from a Pair that were Donated
Circa 1760-1799
Gifted to Strawbery Banke by Roger Bacon in 1975
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH
Probably 18th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher
Likely Made in Either Essex County, Mass.
This is a Second from a Pair that were Donated
Circa 1760-1799
Gifted to Strawbery Banke by Roger Bacon in 1975
Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH
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