Incredible Late Seventeenth or Early Eighteenth Century Red Earthenware Jugs Recovered in Manhattan

Yesterday, I posted this picture showing these two important red earthenware jugs to my Instagram account, which were recently published in an article written by archaeologists, Meta F. Janowitz and Diana diZerega Wall for the 2017 issue of Ceramics in America, titled "New York, New York."

According to the information that I posted: I have completed a number of writing projects in the last six weeks; among those projects is a story I wrote about red earthenware recovered in New York City. This story is entirely based on archaeology, along with some of the exports that were shipped to the city in the 1700s. I also briefly tell the story of Frederick Rhinelander (1742/43-1805), a Manhattan based merchant who was importing Philadelphia red earthenware during the circa 1772-1774 period, based on information found in his account books kept at the New York Historical Society in Manhattan. Amanda Lange from Historic Deerfield in Massachusetts kindly let me include this part of his career from her research.

I handled these jugs last fall when I visited the New York City Archaeological Repository in Manhattan. It is believed that these jugs were likely locally made in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, possibly from the same business, and modeled after Dutch production. They were recovered from the Stadt Huys Block Site in Manhattan, near the original New Amsterdam settlement at the location of the circa 1670-1706 Sir Francis Lovelace (ca. 1621-1675) tavern.

I am hoping the story of these jugs, Rhinelander and other artifacts will head to publication later this year, as part of my ongoing writing series about early pottery recovered in New York City. My previous New York City research stories have included articles published in the October 2018 issue of Maine Antique Digest, as well as the January 31, 2020 issue of Antiques & the Arts Weekly.

Colonial Red Earthenware Jugs Recovered in Manhattan

Late Seventeenth or Early Eighteenth Century Red Earthenware Jugs 

Recovered at the Site of the Sir Lovelace Tavern in Manhattan

Possibly Manufactured at the Same Business

Circa 1670-1706

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Photo Courtesy: New York City Archaeological Repository

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