EarlyAmericanCeramics.com: A Late-18th or Early-19th Century Large Red Earthenware Pitcher from Southeastern Massachusetts

Monday, September 4, 2017

A Late-18th or Early-19th Century Large Red Earthenware Pitcher from Southeastern Massachusetts

I will post better pictures later this week or early next week; however, in the meantime, I want to show this late-eighteenth or early-nineteenth century red earthenware pitcher that I just acquired from an antiques dealer in Pennsylvania.

The size of this object is wonderful standing 10 1/4 inches tall. I am only familiar today with a small number of pitchers that are this size from southeastern Massachusetts. But I have not seen this exact form before; although, there are a number of factors that contribute to the attribution, such as the handle, the ovoid shape, the footed base, the clay color and the glaze.

I think the shape of this object is exciting, and the idea behind it is comparable to some examples of early American glass, where an object was altered from a known form to make another form.

If you were to remove the handle, the top of the pitcher and the collar - all that you would have left is a classic formed jar, which was produced in southeastern Massachusetts in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries.

Note: I will post better pictures of this object when it arrives in the mail later this week or early next week.

Large Red Earthenware Pitcher from SE Massachusetts