The deep pudding pots, somewhat slope-sided, like a flowerpot were unglazed on the outside, but covered on the interior with a coffee-colored or greenish glaze. In one instance we found fragments in a true and brilliant green. (Early New England Potters and Their Wares)"
These are the eighteenth century red earthenware green-glazed sherds from Newburyport, Massachusetts that Lura Woodside Watkins references in 'Early New England Potters and Their Wares,' whereas, I studied the Bayley Pottery artifacts last month when I visited the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
Watkins collected all of the Bayley Pottery sherds that are owned by the Smithsonian in the 1930s at the actual site of the business. She salvaged as much as she could as demolition crews were paving a highway underpass directly through the Bayley property. It has been reported that construction crews told Watkins that they had hauled off huge amounts of broken pottery. Although, thankfully, Watkins did all she could to preserve as much evidence from this colonial potter's business, as possible.
I truly believe that these green-glazed sherds are important to illustrate on this website since the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company is not really recognized for this type of glaze today. The Bayley Pottery is especially known for black, brown and clear-lead-glazes and various styles of slip-decoration; however, the collection of sherds that I studied revealed that the Bayley Pottery's production was much-more in-depth.
In-fact, the color of the clay and the color of the green-glaze found on these sherds closely resemble similar characteristics found on red earthenware that is attributed to the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century potter's industry in southeastern Massachusetts.
Note: I will continue to post more information about the red earthenware sherds that I studied at the Smithsonian from the eighteenth century Daniel Bayley Pottery Company in Newburyport, Massachusetts. I also wrote about a similar green-glazed sherd that I discovered in Newburyport for the October 2014 edition of the New England Antiques Journal; whereas, that sherd could have been made in Newburyport or at another local potter's business. Interestingly, the potters in Merrimacport, Massachusetts are also known to have rarely produced a similar type of green-glaze in the late-eighteenth or nineteenth century.
Green-Glazed Sherds Recovered in Newburyport, Mass.
18th Century Green-Glazed Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Co. in Newburyport, Mass.
Circa 1764-1799
See Article for More Information
Photo Courtesy: The National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian
18th Century Green-Glazed Red Earthenware Sherd
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Co. in Newburyport, Mass.
Circa 1764-1799
See Article for More Information
Photo Courtesy: The National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian
18th Century Green-Glazed Red Earthenware Sherd
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Co. in Newburyport, Mass.
Circa 1764-1799
See Article for More Information
Photo Courtesy: The National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian
18th Century Green-Glazed Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Co. in Newburyport, Mass.
Circa 1764-1799
See Article for More Information
Photo Courtesy: The National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian
18th Century Green-Glazed Red Earthenware Sherds
Recovered at the Site of the Daniel Bayley Pottery Co. in Newburyport, Mass.
Circa 1764-1799
See Article for More Information
Photo Courtesy: The National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian
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