A good large late eighteenth or early nineteenth century red earthenware pitcher from the industry in Bristol County, Massachusetts recently sold in a group lot as part of the collection of Lincoln and Jean Sander from Connecticut at New England Auctions in Brantford, Connecticut. Interestingly though, that pitcher reappeared on eBay, whereas it sold yesterday afternoon for a little over $2,200.
This is certainly a desirable form, seeing that the bottom-half or so of the pitcher is actually the shape of some popular jars that were made in Bristol County, where the potter then turned the jar into a handled pitcher by adding some extra features. This is often a type of production that happened with blown utilitarian glass during this period, where the usual form of a bottle was altered in production to make a pitcher or another form. But it is fascinating to see this with utilitarian pottery in New England.
In fact, the pitcher may have even sold stronger if it were not for a repaired pouring spout and some glaze loss along the body, although a rare form, nonetheless, seeing there are only a small group of Bristol County pitchers known in this shape in different sizes today.
Furthermore, this form of pitcher is discussed in my fifth book in my pottery book series published by Historic Beverly in Massachusetts, titled, A Celebrated Industry: The Historic Wares of Southeastern Massachusetts, Bristol County and Cape Cod: https://historicbeverly.net/product/a-celebrated-industry-the-historic-wares-of-southeastern-massachusetts-bristol-county-and-cape-cod/.
Note: Here is the article that I originally posted about this pitcher when it sold last month at New England Auctions: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2023/09/a-good-early-massachusetts-red.html.
Early Red Earthenware Pitcher from Bristol County, Mass.
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