Article About Red Earthenware Published in the Boston Globe Magazine in 2004

I recently acquired a large assortment of advertisements, feature stories and basically most articles that included the word "redware" from a number of magazines and newspapers published over the past 30 years. The collection had been assembled by Chelsea Keramic Art Works and Dedham Pottery scholar, Jim Kaufman who kindly offered me the box that contained all the paperwork last week.

I knew about a lot of the material that had been collected, but there was certainly some information that I was not aware of, as well. It was also exciting to see original advertisements from some of the well-known collections that sold in the 1990s, as well as articles about collections that sold privately.

I thought it would be fun to show some of the material from this collection of modern ephemera on this website. There's no real order or time frame for how I will do this, other than I will post certain articles that I find of interest.

The following is a short two-page article about New England redware, written by Regina Cole for the Boston Globe Magazine, which was published on December 26, 2004. Longtime Massachusetts collector and scholar, Roger Pheulpin was interviewed for the article. He spoke about his attraction to redware that began in 1977, which helped him assemble a collection of 165 pieces that he still owns today. The article also covers the basics, such as the historical understanding of red earthenware in New England, the aesthetics, the production, the glazes, the various household uses and why so little of it has survived.

It was also exciting to see this article since it boldly featured some objects from Charles D. Cooks collection, a prominent Cape Cod collector, where most of these objects had been previously published in the Magazine Antiques in the 1930s. However, this article was also printed just after these objects had sold at Skinner in Bolton, Massachusetts; whereas, the seven pieces shown sold for more than $150,000.

Red Earthenware Article in the Boston Globe Magazine

 Red Earthenware Article Published in the Boston Globe Magazine on Dec. 26, 2004
Roger Pheulpin Pictured Bottom Left

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 Objects from Charles D. Cooks Collection Featured in the Article

These Seven Objects Sold for More than $150,000

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Objects from Roger Pheulpin's Collection

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