Earlier this year, I heard rumors of an excellent late eighteenth or early nineteenth century red earthenware jug from Bristol County, Massachusetts that was brought to a dealer's booth at the Antiques Dealers Association Show at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts. I suspect the jug was found in Maine, seeing that the dealer who brought the jug to the show was from the Mid-Coast of Maine, although I am not certain of that information. Nevertheless, it was certainly found in New England.
However, the jug quickly exchanged hands to another dealer, where it was eventually sold to a southern Maine collector this past summer. Fast forward to yesterday, though, and this jug was brought to my house for a comparison; the reason for the comparison is because illustrated on the back cover of the fourth installment 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 is the only directly related jug that I have seen. This jug is very carefully decorated with various types of slip decoration, whereas both jugs were produced with incised lines and manganese.
For more information - here is a link to buy the book from my publisher, although it is sold at bookstores and retailers all over America, Canada and the U.K.: https://historicbeverly.net/product/a-celebrated-industry-the-historic-wares-of-southeastern-massachusetts-bristol-county-and-cape-cod/.
Late 18th or Early 19th Century Red Earthenware Jug from Bristol County, Mass.
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2 comments:
Beautiful and Stunning
Thank you!
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