While recently going through some pictures that I took of the archaeology collected at the site of the Colonel Nathaniel Rochester (1752-1831) Pottery in West Bloomfield, New York, I came across a red earthenware sherd decorated with a particular style of slip that reminded me of other styles of slip known on a small group of objects today. I had previously suggested that these surviving objects could be related to production from John Betts Gregory (1782-1842), who worked in Norwalk, Connecticut, Long Island, New York and Clinton, New York.
Furthermore, this sherd is not the be-all and end-all defining factor in determining if these objects were made at the Rochester Pottery, although I thought it was noteworthy for a comparison. Nonetheless, all of this information will be included in my forthcoming two-volume Western New York books, titled, America's Great Awakening and Migration: The Red Earthenware of Western New York.
For more information about Nathaniel Rochester - see a feature story I wrote that is published on pages 42-43 in the June 7, 2024 issue of Antiques And The Arts Weekly, titled, Nathaniel Rochester's Red Earthenware Pottery in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/05/new-published-feature-story-in-antiques.html.
For more information about John Betts Gregory - see a feature story I wrote for the April 26, 2021 issue of Antiques & Auction News, titled, The Wares Made By John Betts Gregory In Clinton, New York: An Examination Of Empire State Regional Redware: https://www.scribd.
Nathaniel Rochester Pottery Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Sherd
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