Happy 4th of July! I posted these pictures and this information to my Instagram page yesterday, and I thought it might be of interest to those who read this website: "I took a little trip with this nineteenth century red earthenware umbrella stand and my niece Alexis yesterday in order to see a house built by John W. Newman and his wife Hannah Ellen Newman (Lord) about 1880 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The reason for this is because I believe this umbrella stand was manufactured as a presentation piece for Newman, seeing that it bears his name inscribed on the front of it. The heavy hand thrown umbrella stand is also decorated with applied acorns and leaves along the rim, other applied objects along the base, an inscribed Shamrock above Newman's name and a wonderful American eagle with a shield adorning each wing. It is also decorated on the interior with a lead glaze.
I found this umbrella stand in Salem, Massachusetts in 2014, where I was told it retained some type of history of ownership. I have always felt it was made locally in either Chelsea, Beverly or Peabody, although I am not certain of which location. Much of the production of this piece is in keeping with what Charles A. Lawrence's pottery was producing in Beverly, but I am hesitant to provide a specific attribution.
But after some research, the only John W. Newman I can find living in the area at the right time and around an appropriate age is this Newman living in Ipswich, who was a hardware store owner and a painter.
Yesterday, we brought this piece back to the house Newman built about 1880, and very possibly where this umbrella stand was originally used in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I have also posted a picture of one of Newman's company advertisements and an early image of his house located along the Ipswich River in the late 1800s."
A Presentation 19th Century Red Earthenware Umbrella Stand
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