I was very surprised last week to see these two late eighteenth and/or early nineteenth century green glazed red earthenware dishes on eBay, although I was very happy to purchase them from Virginia antiques dealer Nathan Fisher. In fact, I had actually missed out on them earlier this summer when they sold in a group lot at Pook & Pook in Pennsylvania. I was told they had been deaccessioned by a museum in Delaware in 2019, and that is how they ended up in the auction.
These dishes were most likely made by the Bradford family in either Kingston, Massachusetts or in West Barnstable on Cape Cod, whereas a group of these from museum and private collections, as well as archaeological evidence are published in my latest book from Historic Beverly, titled, A Celebrated Industry: The Historic Wares of Southeastern Massachusetts, Bristol County and Cape Cod. But this type of production may have also taken place with the potters who worked in Bristol County, Massachusetts during the same period; however, it is known that a large number of these types of objects were made in Kingston.
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Two Green Glazed Red Earthenware Dishes Made in Massachusetts
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