Each year, I admire the colorful tiles that adorn some of the brick columns as you enter the building. The tiles remind me of a number of the wonderful objects that were manufactured at Henry Mercer's (1856-1930) Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, circa 1898-1930. But I doubt that is where these specific tiles were made; although, I assume they were manufactured at a factory in the northeast in the early-1900s.
The show features top antique dealers from the region and across the country. The dealers who exhibited this year traveled from throughout New England and elsewhere in the northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, the south and the midwest. The states included Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Virginia.
If you have never been, I suggest making plans to visit this show at some point - plus, for those who typically experience a cold snowy winter, it is also a nice way to welcome spring.
Nevertheless, there were some wonderful examples of American-made red earthenware and stoneware available at the show, in all price ranges, from a few hundred dollars to tens-of-thousand-of-dollars. But the objects that I came home with were actually acquired in the parking garage next to the armory. I had made plans to trade a nineteenth century Long Island red earthenware mug to Anthony Butera, Jr., a collector, researcher and writer from Long Island who is especially known today for his articles in the 2003 and 2011 issues of Ceramics in America.
The following picture illustrates the objects that I brought home, which consist of (left) a red earthenware pot that is attributed to Essex County, Massachusetts, (middle) a green-glazed red earthenware plant pot saucer likely made at the Bradford-Parker Pottery in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and (right) a pot attributed to the William Pecker Pottery in Merrimacport, Massachusetts.
Note: Here is a link to an article that I posted in 2017, which demonstrates with archaeological evidence why this flower pot saucer was likely made at the Bradford-Parker Pottery on Cape Cod. Related examples are also owned by Historic Deerfield in Massachusetts and Historic New England.
Collection of Massachusetts Red Earthenware
(Left) 18th/19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher from Essex County, Mass.
Likely Made in Merrimacport, Mass.
Circa 1790-1820
See Article for More Information
(Middle) Early-19th Century Green-Glazed Flower Pot Saucer
Likely Made in Barnstable, Mass.
See Article for More Information
(Right) 18th/19th Century Red Earthenware Pot
Attributed to the William Pecker Pottery in Merrimacport, Mass.
Circa 1790-1820
See Article for More Information
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