As I wrote over the weekend John McInnis sold the Jack and Grace Weil Collection on Saturday in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and this outstanding eighteenth or early nineteenth century red earthenware pot was included in the collection that the Weils purchased locally before 1960. To my knowledge, this is only the third pot like this known today, where the other two examples reside in the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., along with the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. Interestingly though, each piece also has ties to Salem.
The pot in the Smithsonian is a part of the Lura Woodside Watkins (1897-1982) Collection and was published in Figure 15 in Early New England Potters and Their Wares. Watkins wrote, "Red earthenware crock. Natural red color. Decorated with bands of straight and wavy lines. Found in Salem. Early Essex County type."
The pot that is in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum retains a nineteenth century history of ownership in Salem, and it also includes its original lid. The other two pots do not have lids, but the wear along each rim indicates that there were originally lids.
Needless to say, I was quite happy to acquire this great pot, which I feel was very possibly manufactured in the 1700s in either Salem or neighboring South Danvers (Peabody after 1855), Massachusetts.
An Outstanding Essex County, Mass. Red Earthenware Pot
18th or Early 19th Century Red Earthenware Pot Attributed to Essex County, Mass.
Probably Made in the Salem, Mass. and Peabody, Mass. Area
Stands 7 1/2" Tall and Measures 14" in Diameter
Sold in the Weil Collection at McInnis' Auctions on Saturday June 12, 2020
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Another View of the Pot
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View of One Handle
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View of the Other Handle
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Related Jar in the Lura Woodside Watkins Collection at the Smithsonian Institute
18th or Early 19th Century Red Earthenware Pot Attributed to Essex County, Mass.
Probably Made in the Salem, Mass. and Peabody, Mass. Area
Stands 8 3/4" Tall
Published in Figure 15 in Early New England Potters and Their Wares
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Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institute
View of One Handle
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Photo Courtesy: National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institute
The Jar Published in Figure 15 in Early New England Potters and Their Wares
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Related Jar in the Collection of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass.
18th or Early 19th Century Red Earthenware Pot Attributed to Essex County, Mass.
Probably Made in the Salem, Mass. and Peabody, Mass. Area
Retains a 19th Century History of Ownership in Salem, Mass.
Also Retains Its Original Lid
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Photo Courtesy: Peabody Essex Museum
View of One Handle
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Photo Courtesy: Peabody Essex Museum
(Left) The Pot Pictures with Its Original Lid
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Photo Courtesy: Peabody Essex Museum
View of the Lid
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Another View of the Lid
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Photo Courtesy: Peabody Essex Museum
Another View of the Lid
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Photo Courtesy: Peabody Essex Museum
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