It should be no surprise that some nineteenth century red earthenware and stoneware manufactured in the American Northeast traveled all over the United States since it was originally manufactured, such as the case as some red earthenware that just sold today at John Moran Auctioneers in Monrovia, California: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/07/a-good-19th-century-red-earthenware-dog.html.
Sometimes these objects traveled west as part of the twentieth century antiques trade, where West Coast collectors and museums chose to diversify their collections with objects made all over the country; there are examples of this happening with both museums and major private collectors in many places in the West, such Los Angeles County. But there are also other cases where pottery gradually moved away from its original place of manufacture, as a result of people or families relocating through the years or even the transfer of ownership, where pottery continued to travel further and further away from where it was originally produced.
For instance, published in the April 14, 2023 Issue of Antiques & the Arts Weekly is a feature story I wrote, titled, William Pecker: A Massachusetts Red Earthenware & New York City Stoneware Potter, which illustrates a stoneware jug that was made by William Pecker (1757-1820) in South Amesbury (Merrimacport), Massachusetts that was recently discovered in California: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2023/04/new-published-story-in-antiques-arts.html.
Another example that is worth mentioning is a nineteenth century red earthenware jug that was made at the John Corliss (1799-1892) Pottery in Days Ferry, Woolwich, Maine that was found covered in dirt in an old shed near San Diego in Coronado, California. I first wrote about this jug on this website in 2013, although it has since been published in my seventh book, titled, From One Town Came Many: The Red Earthenware Industry of Ancient North Yarmouth, Maine: https://historicbeverly.net/product/94597/.
Nevertheless, here are some more examples of nineteenth century red earthenware from the American Northeast that have been discovered through the years in various contexts in California; these objects are also all privately owned in California. The larger jug and the jar or crock may have been made in Western New York, while the smaller jug is likely from northern New England.
19th Century Red Earthenware from the American Northeast
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