A little more than one week ago, I posted a story to this website about a large eighteenth or early nineteenth century red earthenware bowl with a pouring spout from South Danvers (Peabody), Massachusetts that had just sold in a group lot at Bonhams | Skinner in Marlborough, Massachusetts. That object was deaccessioned from the collection of Historic Deerfield in Massachusetts, and it was also illustrated in Figure 39c in Massachusetts author Lura Woodside Watkins' (1897-1982) book, Early New England Potters and Their Wares. Watkins described it as a, "Lipped bowl; orange-red with brushings of dark brown, Osborn pottery, Central Street (South Danvers/Peabody, Massachusetts)."
Interestingly, some red earthenware from the collection of Roger Pheulpin of Gloucester, Massachusetts, which had sold last summer at Blackwood-March in Essex, Massachusetts was consigned to a sale today at Casco Bay Auctions in Freeport, Maine. Among those objects was a nineteenth century red earthenware jug that was also illustrated in Watkins' book in Figure 39e; Watkins described that object as a "Jug; mottled dark green shading to red at base; made by James Chapman Southwick (1793-1841), Lowell Street, before 1841; ht. 8 in. (South Danvers/Peabody, Massachusetts)."
The jug also retains an old hand-written note, which I suspect comes directly from the Southwick family in Peabody; it reads, "very old black jug made by James Chapman Southwick in old Southwick Pottery on Lowell St. Peabody.
Furthermore, an interesting tidbit about the Southwicks in Peabody is that they were direct descendants of Lawrence (1598-1660) and Cassandra Southwick (1598-1660) in Salem, Massachusetts, who were persecuted for their Quaker faith in the seventeenth century.
According to Watkins' book, "Not the least important among the South Danvers (today known as Peabody), Massachusetts craftsman are the Southwicks, also of Quaker descent. They stemmed from Lawrence Southwick, who, on account of his religion, was banished from Salem, Massachusetts in the dead of winter.
Joseph and William of the fifth generation were both potters and both lived on Lowell Street; Joseph at No. 151, where his kiln and shop stood in 1786, and William at No. 161.Joseph was blessed with four daughters, but William had a son, William Southwick, Jr., who became a potter, and he in turn had three sons, William Southwick, Jedebiah Kilbourn Southwick, and James Chapman Southwick, who followed the family calling."
Nevertheless, this jug sold today for $650 plus the buyer's premium.
Another notable object in today's sale was a late eighteenth or early nineteenth century green glazed red earthenware jar from Bristol County, Massachusetts from the same collection that sold for $100 last summer, whereas it sold today in a group lot for $2,300 plus the buyer's premium: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/172338222_two-green-glazed-redware-pots.
Note: For the rest of the pottery in today's sale - here is a link to the auction catalog: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/172338193_redware-jug-attributed-to-james-chapman.
19th C. Red Earthenware Jug from South Danvers (Peabody), Mass.
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