Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sugar Bowl Recovered in Baltimore, Maryland

Last week, I posted a number of articles about red earthenware objects recovered from various contexts in Baltimore, Maryland, which were related to local production during the circa 1763-1850 period. The variety of artifacts included black-glazed wares, slipware and colorfully decorated objects, and most of which appear to have been produced during Baltimore's more prolific period of production, circa 1790-1820s.

This is another object that was recovered from a privy in Baltimore by Bruce Adwell; although, the exact American origin has not been identified. However, this sugar bowl is thought to have been made somewhere in the region, but not necessarily in Baltimore.

It has been suggested that this bowl may have been created at one of the industries located to the west of Baltimore, where sugar bowls continued to be a popular form of production throughout the 1800s . This also may potentially suggest that wares manufactured elsewhere in Maryland were intermittently shipped to Baltimore in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Nevertheless, the multi-colored slip applied on this bowl also exhibits a style of decoration popular with some potters in southeastern Pennsylvania, especially in the 1700s, which eventually spread to the south, and this may be an example of that influence.

Note: Here are the links to all of the articles that I posted last week about red earthenware production in Baltimore, Maryland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Baltimore Red Earthenware Articles
1) A Brief Overview of Red Earthenware Production in Baltimore, MD
2) Red Earthenware Manufactured in Baltimore, MD Circa 1763-1850
3) Late-18th or Early-19th Century Red Earthenware Bowl Recovered from a Privy in Fells Point in Baltimore, MD
4) Red Earthenware Recovered from a Circa 1800-1850 Brick-Lined Privy in Baltimore, MD
5) A Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Flowerpot Saucer Recovered in Fells in Baltimore, MD
6) Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Bowl Recovered Within a Circa 1790-1820 Context in Baltimore, MD

Red Earthenware Sugar Bowl Recoverd in Baltimore

18th/19th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Sugar Bowl

Recovered from a Privy in Baltimore, MD

Possibly Made in Maryland

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Photo Courtesy: Bruce Adwell

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