An 18th Century Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Chamber Pot Recovered by Archaeologists in Middlesex County, Mass.

I recently learned about this eighteenth century slip decorated red earthenware chamber pot that was most likely made in Charlestown, Massachusetts before 1775, and recovered by archaeologists at Minute Man National Historical Park in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Among the sites protected by the park is the Lexington, Massachusetts Battle Green, formerly known as the Lexington Common, and the location of the opening battle of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775.

Colonial wares attributed to Charlestown with this type of stamped slip decoration have been recovered throughout the Boston area, as well as all over coastal New England, Nova Scotia, Long Island, among other locations.

For more information about this object, see this link: https://nmscarcheologylab.wordpress.com/2021/04/28/slips-and-stamps-a-second-look-at-a-redware-chamber-pot/.

Also see my book from Historic Beverly, titled, The Dawn of Independence, the Death of an Industry: The Pottery of Charlestown, Massachusetts.

An 18th Century Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Chamber Pot

18th Century Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Chamber Pot

Most Likely Made in Charlestown, Mass. Before 1775

Recovered by Archaeologists in Middlesex County, Mass.

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Photo Courtesy: NMSC Archaeology

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