An Outstanding 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher with a Marbled Slip Decoration

This outstanding nineteenth century red earthenware pitcher with a marbled slip decoration was brought to my house yesterday in Massachusetts, whereas the person who owns it wanted to know if I could provide any information about it. He recently acquired it from a picker's collection in central Massachusetts. 

I told him that I have never seen anything exactly like it before; my first impression was whether it could have been made at the Charles A. Lawrence (1829-1904) Pottery in Beverly, Massachusetts, although after I handling it, I felt it was earlier than the wares made in Beverly in the 1860s and 1870s.

Furthermore, I said it could have been made in Connecticut, but this type of marbled slip design is also known from John Betts Gregory (1782-1842) in Norwalk, Connecticut, Long Island and in Clinton, New York. It may have also been a technique produced by Absalom Day (1770-1843) in Norwalk, although Nathaniel Rochester's (1751-1831) pottery in Bloomfield, New York and some of the other local Bloomfield potters in Western New York are also known for this type of decoration. Nonetheless, this is an outstanding object that I feel was made somewhere in the Northeast.

19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher with a Marbled Slip Decoration

19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher with a Marbled Slip Decoration

Recently Acquired by a New England Collector from a Central Mass. Picker

Stands About 6" Tall

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