China Glaze Pearlware Coffee Pot Recently Found in New Hampshire

Yesterday, I posted an article about a nineteenth century red earthenware handled pot that was likely made in the Lake Winnipesaukee Region in New Hampshire, possibly before 1839, which I viewed last weekend at the Meredith, New Hampshire Historical Society. But after I left the historical society with my niece, Alexis, we decided to stop at a small shop near the White Mountain National Forest.

Inside the shop, we found a circa 1775-1810 China glaze pearlware coffee pot, likely made in Staffordshire, England. The shop keeper told us that it was his and he had recently found it at an estate sale in old house near Lake Winnipesauki.

The pot's design is great and also the reason we purchased it; this object was produced in imitation of the popular Chinese porcelain that was shipped to Europe and America during the same period. The decoration is really well executed, including a pagoda and a fence, which adorn both sides of the coffee pot. Unfortunately, the lid was either lost or broken, but that shouldn't defer anyone from seeing the beauty in this object.

This brand of China glaze production has been recovered from various archaeological contexts all over America's eastern seaboard, with locations throughout coastal New England, such as Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Boston and even Salem, Massachusetts. The fact that this type of production was apparently imported into Salem is fascinating knowing the huge China Trade market that Salem is known for from the eighteenth and early-nineteenth century.

For instance, archaeological evidence from the Narbonne House in Salem suggests that this type of production from both China and England was available in Salem in the late-eighteenth century. The two brands may have catered to different income levels and households, but it also seems to prove the popularity of this type of production in America for at least a thirty-or-so year period.

Note: For more information about China glazes and pearlware, I suggest these past feature stories from Ceramics in America:

1) 'How Creamware Got the Blues: The Origins of China Glaze and Pearlware'

2) 'Digging Up Salem's Golden Age: Ceramic Use Among the Merchant Class'

China Glaze Pearlware Coffee Pot Found in New Hampshire

China Glaze Pearlware Coffee Pot Likely Made in Staffordshire, England

Recently Found in a Shop Near the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire

Reportedly Discovered in an Old Home Near Lake Winnipesaukee
The Original Lid was Either Lost or Broken

Circa 1775-1810

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