Feature Story Published in the October 2018 Issue of Maine Antique Digest About Red Earthenware and New York City

A few weeks ago, I posted an article that announced a feature story I had written about red earthenware found in New York City, from local potters and domestic imports, which would be published in the October 2018 issue of Maine Antique Digest. That online article gave a preview of how some of the pictures would appear in the printed article, where I had posted a few examples of nineteenth century slip-script red earthenware that had just been recovered from a privy in New York City; those objects are also thought to have been made in New Jersey, possibly nearby in River Edge, New Jersey.

Nevertheless, the article is now available, and my niece Alexis is quite happy since she is shown in two of the pictures holding pottery. But I would also like to provide a little bit more of the story on this website by posting four additional pieces of red earthenware. These objects represent the type of wares that were produced in the city in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, as well as the focus given to New York City by domestic potters located in Connecticut, Long Island, New Jersey, and perhaps Philadelphia.

Three of the pieces that I have posted below serve as examples of the type of red earthenware manufactured in New York City in the seventeenth and eighteenth century - while the fourth example likely demonstrates the importance of the New York City market, as perceived by some of the surrounding industries. This particular plate is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is attributed to the industry in Norwalk, Connecticut, bearing an inscription in slip that reads "New York City."

October 2018 Issue of Maine Antique Digest

My Niece Alexis Holding a Feature Story About Red Earthenware and New York City

This Story is Available in the October 2018 Issue of Maine Antique Digest

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 My Niece Alexis Holding a Feature Story About Red Earthenware and New York City

This Story is Available in the October 2018 Issue of Maine Antique Digest

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The October 2018 Issue of Maine Antique Digest

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17th Century New York City Red Earthenware

 17th Century Dutch-Style Red Earthenware Jug Likely Made in New York City

Excavated from within a Barrel at the Site of the Lovelace Tavern

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Photo Courtesy: New York City Archaeological Repository

Another View of the Jug

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Photo Courtesy: New York City Archaeological Repository

 18th Century New York City Red Earthenware

18th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Bowl

Recovered from an 18th Century Privy in Lower Manhattan in the 1980s

Very Possibly Manufactured in Manhattan

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Photo Courtesy: Manny Birittieri

18th Century Red Earthenware Chamber Pot

Recovered from an 18th Century Privy in Lower Manhattan in the 1980s

Very Possibly Locally Made in New York City

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Photo Courtesy: Manny Birittieri

18th Century "New York City" Red Earthenware

19th Century Slip-Script Red Earthenware Plate Adorned with the Words "New York City"

Attributed to the Asa Smith Pottery in Norwalk, CT

Possibly Decorated by Henry Chichester

Circa 1825

Measures 13 1/3" in Diameter

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Photo Courtesy: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...