A few months ago, this lot of nineteenth century red earthenware sold through Auctions at Showplace just outside of New York City in Hicksville on Long Island, although both were cataloged as being made out of stoneware. The pitcher was most likely manufactured in southeastern Pennsylvania in the early to mid nineteenth century, perhaps at the Hague Pottery in Philadelphia.
However, the black glazed teapot is certainly the prize in this lot, seeing that it closely resembles teapots made at the Thomas Crafts (1781-1861) Pottery in Whately, Massachusetts, circa 1821-1833, as well as possibly those made by Sanford S. Perry (1793-1870) in Troy, New York.
Interestingly, archaeological evidence collected by Massachsuetts author Lura Wooside Watkins (1897-1982) at the Crafts Pottery site in Whately, now owned by the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. closely resemble the manufacture of this teapot, where Perry also worked before 1823.
According to the Whately Historical Society, Perry was born in Whately in 1793 and become a potter in Troy. But he returned to Whately in 1817, and worked with a number of potters there including the Crafts family. Records indicate that he was the first potter to produce black glazed teapots in Whately, possibly even black glazed red earthenware of any form. He then returned to Troy about 1823 after he had sold his black glaze formula to Crafts. Perry was an extremely influential potter along the American eastern seaboard also working in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Virginia.
Someone got an excellent deal on this lot since it sold for only $50 plus the auction premiums.
Excellent 19th Century Black Glazed Red Earthenware Teapot
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