Some real good pieces of American red earthenware sold today in The Pennsylvania Sale at Freeman's in Philadelphia, although, this red earthenware bank really caught my attention; it was formerly owned by Don Walters and Mary Benisek of Northampton, Massachusetts. Aside from the inscribed church, the footed base is what I was drawn to seeing that it closely matches the type of large round footed bases found on some of the early red earthenware manufactured in coastal Massachusetts, as well as the Lyndeborough and Concord, New Hampshire area in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. More research could prove this to be an important piece for wherever it was made since the drawing may have been inspired by an existing church that is still standing today.
The bank sold for $1,100 plus the auction premiums. Congratulations to whoever purchased this outstanding piece of pottery!
Other great pieces in the sale were lot number 52 that included a wonderful Mid Atlantic slip decorated red earthenware pitcher, and a green glazed red earthenware jug likely from New Hampshire or Essex County, Massachusetts, as well as lot number 56 that was a large Mid Atlantic red earthenware bowl with an almost mesmerizing slip decorated center on the interior.
A Fascinating Red Earthenware Bank Inscribed with a Church
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