I was thrilled to win this late eighteenth or early nineteenth century red earthenware pitcher two Sundays ago at Rusty Farrin's Country Auction in Randolph, Maine. I was really pleased when I picked it up, but I was even happier to see how nicely it cleaned up. The pitcher was consigned to the sale from an old collection in Maine, which included a wonderful selection of English mochaware that was also sold in the auction.
I can confidently say that this pitcher was manufactured in southeastern Massachusetts, likely in Bristol County, although, I have never seen this form of pitcher decorated in this type of glaze before. The few surviving examples that I have seen in this form are almost always decorated in a green glaze, which include small pitchers like this example and others that are larger.
Related pitchers can be found in the collections of Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts and the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Other examples can be found in a research story I wrote for the June 2018 issue of Maine Antique Digest, titled, "The Pottery Industry in Southeastern Massachusetts."
Bristol County, Massachusetts Red Earthenware Pitcher
Late 18th or Early 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher
Attributed to Southeastern Mass./Bristol County, Mass.
Stands 6 1/4" Tall
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