Marshall's story is an important legacy to tell today since he was a landmark coastal New Hampshire potter, who challenged the local market for imported ceramics in the Portsmouth area with his domestic red earthenware production. But he also had strong ties to the Charlestown, Massachusetts potter's industry, where he is documented as having purchased wholesale orders of red earthenware from the Parker Pottery before he died in 1749.
Presumably, some of the pottery that Marshall purchased was sold locally; although, I challenged this idea in the New England Antiques Journal article since Charlestown red earthenware has been found at various colonial military forts and taverns in Maine and Canada. I suspect that Marshall may have been responsible for the distribution for some of these recovered artifacts. However, here is also a link to a previous website article, which proves that a merchant based in Maine purchased a single wholesale order of pottery on April 15, 1747 from the Parker Pottery for distribution in Maine's Casco Bay region. But this is the only documentation that is known today that ties the Parker Pottery to a merchant in Maine - and, it certainly does not explain why Charlestown Pottery has been recovered in numerous circa 1740-1770 archaeological contexts in southern Maine, coastal Maine, possibly New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Nevertheless, these are some of the additional pictures that I took when I was researching and writing the article - I believe that all of these objects are somehow related to Marshall. I find the most interesting object to be a small slip-decorated dish, which was recovered within a circa 1725-1750 archaeological context on Deer Street in Portsmouth. The form of this dish closely matches a waster that was recovered less than one mile away by archaeologists at the site of the Marshall Pottery in the 1970s.
Note: Here is a direct link to my full article, which can be found on pages 42-44 in this month's edition of the New England Antiques Journal.
Artifacts Collected at the Marshall Pottery in Portsmouth, NH
(Top Left) 18th
Century Red Earthenware Mug Likely Made in Charlestown, Mass.
Found in a
Shed in the 1970s Filled with Dried Paint Brushes
The Shed was a Few Hundred Yards from the Location of Samuel Marshall's Pottery
The Shed was a Few Hundred Yards from the Location of Samuel Marshall's Pottery
Circa
1730-1760
See NEAJ Article for More Information
See NEAJ Article for More Information
Courtesy:
Hollis Brodrick
(Artifacts) Kiln Furniture and Wasters Recovered at the Site of the Samuel Marshall Pottery
Artifacts, Circa 1736-1749
Courtesy:
Strawbery Banke Archaeology Department - Portsmouth, NH
(Top Right) Stack of Red Earthenware Cup/Mug Wasters
Circa 1736-1749
(Bottom Left) Red Earthenware Dish Waster
Dish is a Near Perfect Match to a Slip-Decorated Dish Found on Deer Street in Portsmouth, NH
Circa 1736-1749
See Today's Article and Picture Below for More Information
(Bottom Right) Kiln Furniture from the Marshall Pottery
Circa 1736-1749
Courtesy: Strawbery Banke Archaeology Department - Portsmouth, NH
Slip-Decorated Dish Recovered on Deer Street in Portsmouth, NH
Small 18th Century Slip
Decorated Dish Recovered on Deer Street in Porsmouth, NH
Uncovered in
a Circa 1725-1750 Archaeological Context
Closely Matches a Dish Waster Recovered at the Site of the Samuel Marshall Pottery
Courtesy:
Strawbery Banke Archaeology Department - Portsmouth, NH
Samuel Marshall Cited in John Parker's Charlestown, Mass Potter's Daybook
Page Taken
from John Parker’s 18th Century Potter’s Daybook from Charlestown,
Mass.
Shows Samuel
Marshall Purchased “Earthenware” from Parker in 1748
Courtesy:
Baker Library, Harvard University
Charlestown, Mass. Chamber Pot Sherd Recovered in Berwick, Maine
Charlestown,
Mass. Slip-Decorated Chamber Pot Sherd Recovered at a Tavern in Berwick, Maine
Uncovered in
a Mid-18th Century Archaeological Context
Likely
Imported Into Portsmouth, NH in the 1740s
Courtesy:
Neil De Paoli
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