A Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Flowerpot Saucer Recovered in Fells Point in Baltimore, Maryland

Yesterday, I posted an article about a multi-colored red earthenware bowl that was attributed to Baltimore, Maryland, which had been recovered by Andy Goldfrank from a late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century privy in Baltimore. The privy was located in Fells Point, a historic district in Baltimore's harbor known for its involvement in the maritime industry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The remains of this slip-decorated object were also recovered by Andy Goldfrank in Fells Point; although, the origin has not been identified, but a local potter is certainly possible. Understandably, merchants also brought a lot of inventory into Baltimore through Fells Point, especially after the American Revolution.

Nevertheless, this object appears like a detached flowerpot saucer, which would have likely originally been paired with a matching (possibly slip-decorated) flowerpot. This saucer was manufactured with a scalloped edge and exhibits some type of English influence. Similar shaped detached green-glazed flowerpot saucers with plain and scalloped edges were also manufactured at the Bradford-Parker Pottery on Cape Cod in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, circa 1819-1850. An excellent example of this production is owned today by Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, Massachusetts.

I wrote yesterday that Baltimore's red earthenware production must have been in some ways intertwined or friendly with the city's exceptional stoneware industry. Interestingly, Crocker Farm sold an important circa 1820-1825 stoneware flowerpot with detached saucer attributed to William Morgan's Pottery in Baltimore at their auction gallery in Sparks, Maryland in July 2016.

Flowerpot Saucer Recovered in Baltimore, MD

18th/19th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Flowerpot Saucer

Recovered in Fells Point in Baltimore, MD

Possibly Made in Baltimore, MD, But Not Yet Proven

Detached Stoneware Flowerpot Saucers Were Also Made in Baltimore, MD in the 1800s

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Photo Courtesy: Andy Goldfrank

Another View of the Remains of the Flowerpot Saucer

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View of the Base

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Photo Courtesy: Andy Goldfrank

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