EarlyAmericanCeramics.com: A 19th Century Red Earthenware Creamer that was Discovered About One Decade Ago at an Estate on Long Island

Thursday, October 5, 2017

A 19th Century Red Earthenware Creamer that was Discovered About One Decade Ago at an Estate on Long Island

This is a nineteenth century red earthenware creamer that I purchased about ten-years ago from an estate on Long Island in New York. I have never been able to determine exactly where this object was made; although, I have always assumed that it may have been made on Long Island even though I have never seen this type of production from Long Island's eighteenth or nineteenth century industry before.

However, I recently gave this object some thought; whereas, I still have not been able to accurately determine, where it was made, but the unusual exterior glaze does remind me of some mid-nineteenth century objects that are attributed to the Great Road from southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee today. The interior is decorated with a different colored glaze that somewhat appears green.

These pictures were recently taken with my nephew at a Washington Nationals versus New York Mets baseball game in the parking lot at Citi Field in Queens in New York City. They really demonstrate how this object appears in-hand in both form and glaze color.

Note: I am not saying there is any relationship, but I do want to show how this object closely resembles the glaze found on this small jar that Crocker Farm sold in Maryland, which is attributed to the Great Road from either southwestern Virginia or northeastern Tennessee. This jar has since sold, again at a Jeffrey Evans auctions in Virginia, where it was given the same attribution -- here is a link to this jar's listing on Jeffrey Evans' website.

Red Earthenware Creamer