The house was built for Samuel Barnard (1684-1762), a merchant, but in 1768, Judge Nathaniel Ropes, Jr. (1726-1774), purchased the house from Barnard's nephew. The Ropes family then inhabited the house until 1907, when the house was given to the Trustees of the Ropes Memorial for public benefit."
Yesterday, I visited the Ropes Mansion (and historic gardens) with my niece Alexis - it was incredible to see the selection of pottery in this building, which retains a history of ownership with the Ropes family. While some of the ceramics may have been brought back to Salem by the Ropes, the vast majority reportedly represent the type of wares that were available within Salem's marketplace in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
For example, the family owned hundreds of pieces of Chinese export dinnerware, 240 examples to be exact, along with beautiful forms of porcelain vases and urns. There are also dozens of examples of nineteenth century English transferware, such as a large dinner set, bowls and pitchers, and toys played with by the children from the Ropes family.
However, there wasn't necessarily a huge selection of locally made domestic wares, but there was a wonderful red earthenware storage jar in the kitchen, likely made at the industry in Peabody (formerly South Danvers), Massachusetts, and a stoneware jug that appears to have been manufactured at the industry in Charlestown, Massachusetts around the turn of the nineteenth century.
Ropes Mansion, Salem, Massachusetts
My Niece Alexis Outside the Circa 1727 Ropes Mansion in Salem, Mass.
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Room No. 1
Pair of Porcelain Urns Atop a Mantel Above the Fireplace
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View of One of the Urns
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Pair of Covered Porcelain Chinese Jars
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Chinese Export Porcelain Dinnerware
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Teacups and Saucers
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Room No. 2
Pair of Porcelain Urns Atop a Mantel Above the Fireplace
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View of One of the Urns
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Chinese Porcelain Vase
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Room No. 3
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Vases
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View of One of the Vases
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Chinese Porcelain Bowl
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View of the Interior of the Bowl
Room Used to Store Dinnerware
My Niece Alexis Outside the Room that Keeps a lot of the Dinnerware
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Much of the Ropes Family Dinnerware
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Much of the Ropes Family Dinnerware
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Much of the Ropes Family Dinnerware
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Room No. 4
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Vases
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View of One of the Vases
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More of the Ropes Family Dinnerware
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Butler's Pantry
More of the Ropes Family Dinnerware
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More of the Ropes Family Dinnerware
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Kitchen
Domestic and European Pottery Kept in the Ropes Kitchen
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Domestic and European Pottery Kept in the Ropes Kitchen
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Red Earthenware Jar Attributed to Industry in Peabody, Mass.
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Domestic and European Pottery Kept in the Ropes Kitchen
The Black Glazed Jar and Pot with a Glaze Only on the Interior Likely Made in Peabody, Mass.
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Domestic and European Pottery Kept in the Ropes Kitchen
The Stoneware Jug on the Top Shelf Appears to have Been Made in Charlestown, Mass.
Other Types of American Stoneware Can Also be Seen
Other Types of American Stoneware Can Also be Seen
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Domestic and European Pottery Kept in the Ropes Kitchen
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Bedroom No. 1
Toy Ceramics Owned by the Children from the Ropes Family
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Bedroom No. 2
Box Demonstrating How Ceramics were Shipped to Salem, Mass.
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A Closer View of the Box
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Bedroom No. 3
English Transferware Bowl and Pitcher
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Bedroom No. 4
English Transferware Bowl and Pitcher
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Bedroom No. 5
Ceramics Owned by the Rope Family
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Ceramics Owned by the Rope Family
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Fireplace Surrounds
Ceramic Tile Fireplace Surround Inside the Ropes Mansion in Salem, Mass.
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Ceramic Tile Fireplace Surround Inside the Ropes Mansion in Salem, Mass.
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