Some Political Themed Red Earthenware that Sold Earlier this Week at Hake's Auctions in Pennsylvania

Three good pieces of nineteenth century political themed red earthenware sold this week at Hake's Auctions in York, Pennsylvania from the collection of Rex and Patti Stark of Massachusetts. One plate was of particular interest to me since I have previously written about this type of production.

This red earthenware plate is adorned with a central relief medallion bust of George Washington in profile with an arch of thirteen stars above the portrait and the name, "WASHINGTON" written below. It was made around the mid-1820s, which is when the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), a French hero of the American Revolution, returned to the United States for a year-long "farewell tour" at the invitation of President James Monroe (1758-1831). This visit, marking the 50th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, was a triumphant homecoming, with Lafayette visiting all 24 states and being celebrated with parades, dinners, and commemorations. This type of production was also northern New Jersey's version of the better-known "Lafayette" and "Washington & Lafayette" slip script platters and plates made in Norwalk, Connecticut during the same period.

According to the Bergen County Historical Society, "Red earthenware pie plates are counted among the most treasured heirlooms of the New Jersey Dutch...Two celebrated Hackensack Valley potters, Henry Van Saun (d. 1829) and George Wolfkiel (1805-1867), produced pie plates at their pottery back shop, situated between Old Bridge (River Edge), New Jersey and New Bridge, New Jersey. This type of political production is associated with Van Saun's employment in Bergen County."

Nevertheless, this plate sold for $785.29 including the buyer's premium: https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/301959/GEO-WASHINGTON-IMPRESSED-REDWARE-CHARGER

Here is the other piece of political red earthenware that sold at Hake's Auctions:

Martin Van Buren Slip Script Red Earthenware Plate, "LOCO FOCO": https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/301955/LOCO-FOCO-MARTIN-VAN-BUREN-REDWARE-YELLOW-SLIP-MOTTO-CHARGER 

Note: For more information about red earthenware made in Bergen County, New Jersey - see a feature story I wrote for the January 1, 2021 issue of Antiques & Auction News, titled, "The Red Earthenware Manufactured in River Edge, New Jersey: A Look At Bergen County Pottery: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2021/01/early-pottery-production-in-river-edge.html.

Also, there is an account of Lafayette parading through New Hampshire in my New Hampshire book that was recently published, titled, An Influential Family of Early Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses: https://historicbeverly.net/product/an-influential-family-of-early-potters-the-clarks-of-new-hampshire-and-related-businesses/.

19th Century Red Earthenware Plate from Bergen County, New Jersey

Attributed to Henry Jacob Van Saun (d. 1829) in River Edge, New Jersey

Decorated with George Washington and 13 Stars in Relief
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A Stoneware Cooler Made at the Wingender Pottery in New Jersey for L.H. Parke & Co. of Pennsylvania

I think this is a really great object that was recently acquired by Virginia antiques dealer Bob Zordani of Z&K Antiques at the antiques show and artisans tent at Historic Zoar Village in Zoar, Ohio. The cooler is attributed to the Wingender Pottery in Haddonfield, New Jersey, where it was found about thirty years ago by an Indiana, Pennsylvania antiques picker and sold to Washington, Pennsylvania antiques dealers, Frank and Susan Swala. It had been in their personal collection since that time, although they brought it to the show in Zoar.

According to Bob Zordani, "The cooler advertises L.H. Parke & Co.'s Gold Camel Ceylon India Tea, and depicts a camel, a rare animal to find on American stoneware. I think two of these coolers may have been made — one for Parke’s warehouse in Philadelphia and one for the Pittsburgh warehouse. Parke was a wholesaler; so I think they probably served up samples of the tea to customers." However, this is the only example like this known to exist today.

L.H. Parke & Co. was formed in Philadelphia in 1888, and by 1962 it had branches in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., Richmond, Virginia and Albany, New York. The company's partnership was established between proprietors Louis H. Parke and brothers John M., William P.M., and Samuel F. Irwin, where they invested in Samuel's existing small grocery pushcart business. The new company roasted, packaged and sold coffee, as well as packaged teas and spices from a five story building located at 232-234 Market Street in Philadelphia. By 1898 the firm was the largest seller of coffee in their market.

For a brief history about the Wingenders: William (1862-1915) and Charles Wingender (1856-ca. 1823) were German trained stoneware potters; William migrated to the United States in 1880, while Charles arrived in 1881. They initially sought out employment and worked at Richard C. Remmey's (1835-1904) pottery in Philadelphia in the 1880s, before establishing their own business in Haddonfield, located a few miles from Philadelphia across the Delaware River. Some accounts suggest that they established their company because they wanted creative freedom in what they produced.

It may not be well-known today, but after William died in 1915 and Charles passed away about 1923, the stoneware and red earthenware factory continued to operate through family ownership. For instance, William's son, William O. Wingender (1901-1955), who was born in New Jersey in 1901 is first listed as a 19-year-old potter in the 1920 United States Federal Census. He is eventually listed as the proprietor of the Haddonfield company, which was still manufacturing stoneware and red earthenware, as late as 1945.

Note: For more information about the Wingenders - see a feature story I wrote for the November 1, 2024 issue of Antiques & Auction News, titled, The Wingender Family Pottery Of Haddonfield, N.J.: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/10/new-published-feature-story-in-antiques.html.

A Stoneware Cooler Made at the Wingender Pottery in New Jersey

Probably Late 19th Century Stoneware Cooler 

Made at the Wingender Pottery in Haddonfield, New Jersey

Made for L.H. Parke & Co. of Pennsylvania

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Red Earthenware Production in Brownington, Vermont; Businesses Owned by Peter Clark II and Samuel Ward

There really are a lot of unknowns and a lot to be learned about nineteenth century red earthenware production in Vermont. For instance, the wares made in the Middlebury, Vermont area are rather well documented today, although there was a lot more to production in Vermont than just this one area. For instance, in my eighth book, titled, An Influential Family of Early Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses, I discussed a red earthenware company owned by Peter Clark II (1764-1851) in Brownington, Vermont, circa 1790s-1809: https://historicbeverly.net/product/an-influential-family-of-early-potters-the-clarks-of-new-hampshire-and-related-businesses/.

However, this subject will be continued in my forthcoming tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, South Danvers, Peabody and Salem, Massachusetts, seeing that production in this area ultimately stemmed from Reverend Peter Clark (1693-1768) in Salem Village (Danvers), Massachusetts. In fact, New York author and historian Warren Broderick has really given a lot of effort into researching production in Brownington, which I am excited to be able to include in this new book.

According to some of Warren's research, "...Another potter from New Hampshire arrived in Brownington, circa 1812. Samuel Ward (1778-1854) was a son of Enoch (1749-1825) and Mary Carter Ward (1759-1843) of Boscawen, New Hampshire, a pottery town just north of Concord (some of which was influenced by the Clark family). By 1810 both Samuel and his parents were residing in Plymouth, another pottery town a few miles further north. Samuel was surely working as potter in Plymouth when he removed to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom...No documentation of the duration of Samuel Ward’s pottery has been identified. Nor have any existing vessels or red earthenware sherds from the pottery have been located to date.”

Nevertheless, Ward died in Brownington in 1854 so it is possible that in some capacity he may have been producing red earthenware for decades in Browninton, perhaps to about the the mid-nineteenth century. The location of this business is also notable in consideration of Brownington's close proximity to the Canadian border. Warren's research has also revealed that Ward was a considerable land owner in Brownington, owning four plots of land near the single plot of land that was owned by Clark II.

Note: This new book will run 800-900 pages, and I'm hopping for a late 2025 publication date, otherwise sometime in early 2026.

Red Earthenware Production in Brownington, Vermont

Plots of Land Owned by Clark II and Ward in Brownington, Vermont

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Photo Courtesy: Warren Broderick

Peter Clark II was also a "Lister" in Brownington, Vermont

This Title Revolvered Around Tax Assessment and Record Keeping

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Land Purchased by Ward in Brownington in 1813

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More Land Purchased by Ward in Brownington in 1813

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Information About Brownington Included in Forthcoming Book

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New Published Feature Story in Antiques and The Arts Weekly: A Red Earthenware Pitcher Discovered At The Reverend Jonathan Atkinson House

This is the print version of my latest feature story published in the current August 1, 2025 issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly, titled, A Red Earthenware Pitcher Discovered At The Reverend Jonathan Atkinson House.

Here is a link to a PDF of the August 1st issue: https://antiquesandthearts.pressreader.com/antiques-and-the-arts-weekly/20250801

Here is a link to a PDF of the article: https://www.scribd.com/document/892392861/0801-D-032-ANA-Limington

New Published Feature Story in Antiques and The Arts Weekly

New Published Feature Story

A Red Earthenware Pitcher Discovered At The Reverend Jonathan Atkinson House

August 1, 2025 Issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly

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New Published Feature Story

A Red Earthenware Pitcher Discovered At The Reverend Jonathan Atkinson House

August 1, 2025 Issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly

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New Published Feature Story

A Red Earthenware Pitcher Discovered At The Reverend Jonathan Atkinson House

August 1, 2025 Issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly

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August 1, 2025 Issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly

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Early Red Earthenware Production in West Hartford, Connecticut; Ebenezer Faxon, the Clark Family, Seth Goodwin, Nathaniel Seymour, Etc.

As I have previously noted in the past few weeks on this website, there will be more information about the Clark family included in my forthcoming 800-900 page, tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, South Danvers, Peabody and Salem, Massachusetts. One of those subjects will explain how the Clark family may have initially influenced some of the early red earthenware production in West Hartford, Connecticut. This in some ways also originally stemmed from Reverend Peter Clark in Salem Village (Danvers), Massachusetts before 1768: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/search?q=reverend&max-results=20&by-date=true.

This is an excerpt from the forthcoming book: "An interesting connection found in the Salem Village Parsonage was that Reverend Peter Clark (1693-1768), who served as the minister from 1717-1768 was the grandfather of Captain (and Deacon) Peter Clark (1743-1826) of Braintree, Massachusetts and Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. Reverend Clark was born in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1693, graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge in 1712 and was ordained as the minister of Salem Village on June 5, 1717. He then married Deborah Hobart Clark (1702-1765) in Salem on November 6, 1719, who was the daughter of Peter (1673-1751) and Deborah Hayward Hobart (1678-1759): http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/07/some-more-information-that-will-be.html.

The Clark family can be traced back to Hugh Clark (1612-1693) in Watertown, who migrated to America from London, England in 1638. He first appears in Ipswich, Massachusetts before he relocated to Watertown about 1640.

Captain Peter Clark’s (1743-1826) parents were Peter Clark (1720-1747) and Anna Porter (Clark) (Faxon) (1722-1763); they were both born in Danvers, Massachusetts. The elder Clark was the son of Reverend Peter Clark (1693-1768) of Salem Village. They were married in Salem, Massachusetts on October 3, 1741. They were then living in Braintree by 1743. The elder Peter Clark died in Braintree in 1747, and Anna Clark died in Braintree in 1763. Although, she remarried Thomas Faxon (1710-1801) in Braintree on September 14, 1752, where this second marriage likely influenced early red earthenware production in Hartford, Connecticut in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Thomas Faxon (1749-1811) was from the Faxon family of Braintree, relocating to Hartford in 1772 in order to establish a pottery business. His role in the red earthenware industry in Hartford is largely unknown today, but he is regarded as having moved to Hartford in order to establish a red earthenware business, utilizing the rich clay in the city’s Elmwood/West Hartford section. Opportunities presented by the city’s proximity to the Connecticut River also probably contributed to his decision to relocate.

However, how he learned to manufacture red earthenware is a bit of a mystery, but there is a good chance that he trained under Peter Clark in Braintree, otherwise perhaps a business owned by the German immigrant potter John Henry Benner (1726-1796) in Abington, Massachusetts. But Faxon’s Massachusetts background and a potential connection to Clark may explain why some of the early red earthenware produced by Seth Goodwin (1772-1828) and Nathaniel Seymour (1763-1849) in West Hartford appears like it has a coastal Massachusetts influence in some of the forms.

Interestingly, Faxon’s probate inventory from 1811 in Hartford is quite extensive, although there were also claims filed on the estate of Faxon in 1812, where “Seth Goodwin” is named, as well as a “Charles Seymour.”

Note: For more information about the Clark family, Ebenezer Faxon and red earthenware production in Hartford - see these two books from my ongoing pottery book series: 

1) A City on the River: The Early Red Earthenware of the Hartford, Connecticut Area: https://historicbeverly.net/product/a-city-on-the-river-the-early-red-earthenware-of-the-hartford-connecticut-area/

2) An Influential Family of Early Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses: https://historicbeverly.net/product/an-influential-family-of-early-potters-the-clarks-of-new-hampshire-and-related-businesses/

Ebenezer Faxon's Probate Inventory from 1811 and Claims Filed the Probate in 1812

Ebenezer Faxon's Six-Page Probate Inventory in Hartford from 1811

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Ebenezer Faxon's Probate Inventory in Hartford from 1811

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"Seth Goodwin" and "Charles Seymour"

They are Cited in Claims on Faxon's Estate in Hartford from 1812

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More of the Claims Filed on Ebenezer's Faxon's Estate in Hartford in 1812

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Some Brickyards Located in Danversport and East Danvers, Mass. in 1884

While checking out the site of the C. Putnam and S.F. Gray brickyard last night, as seen on an 1884 map of Danversport, Mass. (b.t.w. there's absolutely nothing left of it), as part of the research for my forthcoming 800-900 page, tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, South Danvers, Peabody and Salem, Massachusetts, I decided to stop at a thrift store on my way home in Danvers. 

This was my find for $2; a cast concrete painted figure of a turtle, which was perhaps originally used as a doorstop. I suspect the turtle was painted at the factory, whereas this type of production was especially popular in the mid-twentieth century. I also suspect the turtle retains some type of history of local ownership in the Danvers, Peabody, Salem and Beverly area. 

This type of production also relates to figures made at sewer-tile factories in the twentieth century, where some of the figures (including doorstops) were sold by the factory, while other objects were made by workers for special purposes; i.e. weddings, Christmas gifts, birthdays, etc.

Some of the major cement factories in America in the late nineteenth century through the 1970s were located in Ulster County, New York, Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and southern California.

Note: For more information about sewer-tile production - see these two cover stories that I wrote for past issues of Antiques & Auction News:

1) Special Folk Art Ceramic Vase Made At The Maurice Knight Chemical Stoneware Plant In Akron, Ohio: Carl Funk's Sewer Tile Vase Is Dated 1935: https://www.scribd.com/document/493388621/Carl-Funk-Sewer-Tile-Vase-Antiques-Auctions-News-Feb-5-2021

2) Roy Blind: A World War II Veteran And Sewer Pipe Folk Artist From Ohio: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2022/12/new-published-cover-story-roy-blind.html

20th Century Cast Cement Turtle Found in Danvers, Mass. 

Likely Made by an American Cement Manufacturer

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Another View of the Turtle

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A View of the Base

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The Location of One Brickyard in East Danvers, Mass.

This is from an 1884 Map

There were a Number of Brickyards in Danversport and East Danvers

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Photo Courtesy: Boston Public Library

The Location of One Brickyard in Danversport, Mass.

This is from an 1884 Map

There were a Number of Brickyards in Danversport and East Danvers

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This is the Bickyard

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New Published Feature Story in Antiques and The Arts Weekly: A Red Earthenware Pitcher Discovered At The Reverend Jonathan Atkinson House

My latest feature story is published in the current August 1, 2025 issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly, titled, A Red Earthenware Pitcher Discovered At The Reverend Jonathan Atkinson House.

Here is a link to a PDF of the August 1st issue: https://antiquesandthearts.pressreader.com/antiques-and-the-arts-weekly/20250801

Here is a link to a PDF of the article: https://www.scribd.com/document/892392861/0801-D-032-ANA-Limington

Note: The second part of this estate sale in Limington, Maine (Charlie and Gemma Huntress) will be sold on July 28, 2025: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/379981_the-collection-of-charlie-huntress-part-ii/

New Published Feature Story in Antiques and The Arts Weekly

New Published Feature Story

A Red Earthenware Pitcher Discovered At The Reverend Jonathan Atkinson House

August 1, 2025 Issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly

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Print Version of Feature Story Published in Antiques & Auction News: Miller Red Earthenware: A History Of The Family's Production In Adams County, Pa.

This is the print version of a feature story that I wrote published on pages 5, 6 and 7 in the July 11, 2025 issue of Antiques & Auction News, titled, Miller Red Earthenware: A History Of The Family’s Production In Adams County, Pa.

Note: This is an extended version of the story, which first ran in the May 23, 2025 issue of Antiques & Auction News with the same title: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/05/new-published-feature-story-in-antiques.html.

Here is a link to a PDF of page 5: https://www.scribd.com/document/885420916/ant-005-071125-Miller-page-5

Here is a link to a PDF of page 6: https://www.scribd.com/document/885421496/ant-006-071125-Miller-page-6

Here is a link to a PDF of page 7: https://www.scribd.com/document/885421848/ant-007-071125-miller-page-7

Print Version of Feature Story Published in Antiques & Auction News

Miller Red Earthenware: A History Of The Family's Production In Adams County, Pa

This is Page 5

Published in the July 11, 2025 Issue of Antiques & Auction News

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Miller Red Earthenware: A History Of The Family's Production In Adams County, Pa

This is Pages 6-7

Published in the July 11, 2025 Issue of Antiques & Auction News

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This is the July 11, 2025 Issue of Antiques & Auction News

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Some More Information that Will be Included in Forthcoming Tenth Book: An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, South Danvers, Peabody and Salem, Massachusetts

This is some more information that will be included in my forthcoming 800-900 page, tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, South Danvers, Peabody and Salem, Massachusetts. This post touches upon three separate subjects, although all equally as important, and all related to production in the Salem and South Danvers area.

1) It may not be widely known today that there were some red earthenware potters from South Danvers (Peabody), Massachusetts, who died at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. This broadside documents those deaths, which was published in Ezekiel Russell's (1743-1796) Salem Gazette, or Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser, on Friday, April 21, 1775. The potters are highlighted in red with the headline "A Bloody Butchery, by the British Troops; or the Runaway Fight of the Regulars."

The broadside reads in part, “...On Thursday the twentieth past, the bodies of eleven of the unfortunate persons who fell in the battle were collected and buried at Medford. And on Friday, the bodies of Messrs. Henry Jacobs, Samuel Cook, Ebeneezer Goldthwait, George Southwick, Benjamin Deland, jun., Jonathan Webb and Perley Putnam of Danvers, who were likewise slain fighting in the Glorious Cause of Liberty and Their Country on the nineteenth of April, were respectfully interred among their friends in the different parishes belonging to that town (South Danvers)…”

Broadside from April 21, 1775

Published in the Salem Gazette, or Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser

Photo Courtesy: American Antiquarian Society

2) While there is little evidence that Danvers pottery was shipped long distances, there is some acknowledgement of such a trade that may have happened in the eighteenth century in Gloucester, Massachusetts. According to William Cutter Richard’s four-volume book published in 1908, titled, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts: “Joseph Proctor (1743-1805) was born in Danvers, Massachusetts on August 23, 1743, baptized September 4, the same year, died January 20, 1805.

Mr. Proctor first erected suitable buildings, built in 1768 the house in Canal Street (in Gloucester), then brought his bride (Elizabeth Epes Proctor; 1743-1817) from Danvers and established himself as a miller and potter, and engaged extensively in the manufacture of red earthenware, which at the time was in general use for all domestic purposes. His mill was considered a triumph of mechanical engineering, and by its peculiar construction was made to accomplish a very great amount of work with a comparatively small expenditure of power. He also had a cooperage for making hogsheads, barrels and other utensils, and a forge for light iron work and repairing. He established and carried on a fishing business, sending his vessels to the Grand Banks (northwest Atlantic Ocean), and also built several vessels for fishing and other purposes, employing some of them in the foreign trade, but particularly for shipping fish and red earthenware to southern ports and the West Indies; and on the return voyage the vessels brought back cargoes of foreign produce, cocoa, and corn for his mill, and frequently goodly sums of money.”

Note: I question whether Proctor was actually the potter or if he merely owned the business, and instead, employed another potter (or potters) who he brought from the Danvers area.

Joseph Proctor's Probate Inventory from April 21, 1805

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Photo Courtesy: Essex County Probate Records

3) Additionally, I learned yesterday that there was a lot more of a connection between Salem Village and Braintree, Massachusetts than what I have seen in previous publications. I posted in a story last week, titled, Some Information that Will be Included in Forthcoming Tenth Book: More About the Clark Family and Thomas Oliver's Estate Inventory in Salem Village from 1679 -- "Captain Peter Clark’s (1743-1826) parents were Peter Clark (1720-1747) and Anna Porter (Clark) (Faxon) (1722-1763); they were both born in Danvers, Massachusetts. The elder Clark was the son of Reverend Peter Clark (1693-1768) of Salem Village. They were married in Salem, Massachusetts on October 3, 1741. They were then living in Braintree by 1743. The elder Peter Clark died in Braintree in 1747, and Anna Clark died in Braintree in 1763. Although she remarried Thomas Faxon (1710-1801) in Braintree on September 14, 1752 (this second marriage likely influenced red earthenware production in Hartford - see book mentioned below).

The Clark family eventually influenced production in a number of locations in New England in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, especially in New Hampshire and Vermont, with lesser known businesses in Orford, New Hampshire and Brownington, Vermont. The Clark family can also be traced back to Hugh Clark (1612-1693) in Watertown, Massachusetts, who migrated to Massachusetts from London, England in 1638."

However, while visiting the Wadsworth Cemetery in Danvers last night to see Reverend Clark's gravestone, where I found him buried beside the graves of his wife and daughter, as well as Peter (1673-1751) and Deborah Hobart (1678-1759) -- I was surprised with the information written on Peter Hobart's grave. The grave read, "Here lyes Buried the Body of Mr. Peter Hobart; Deacon Sometime of ye South Church Braintree. Died at Salem-Village June 14 A.D. 1751 AEtat 78."

Furthermore, I also learned that the Clark and Hobart families are intertwined by marriage so it was not by chance that Captain Peter Clark's family ended up in Braintree around 1743, but instead there is a connection between Braintree and Salem Village. I was surprised to learn this connection, which I have not previously found in publication.

I also visited a few other cemeteries in Danvers related to Salem Village (Rebecca Nurse Homestead Cemetery and the Putnam Family Cemetery), and the Clark, Proctor and Putnam names are found in all of these cemeteries, among other known eighteenth century families.

Note: There will be more information published about the Clark family in my forthcoming tenth book, although in the meantime - see these two previously published books from my book series:

1) A City on the River: The Early Red Earthenware of the Hartford, Connecticut Area: https://historicbeverly.net/product/a-city-on-the-river-the-early-red-earthenware-of-the-hartford-connecticut-area/

2) An Influential Family of Early Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses: https://historicbeverly.net/product/an-influential-family-of-early-potters-the-clarks-of-new-hampshire-and-related-businesses/

This is Deacon Peter Hobart's (1673-1751) Gravestone

He is Buried in Wadsworth Cemetery in Danvers, Mass.

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A Closer View of the Inscriptions one the Gravestone

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(Left) Peter and (Right) Deborah Hobart's Gravestones

They are Buried in Wadsworth Cemetery in Danvers, Mass.

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The Hobarts Buried Beside Some of Reverend Clark's Family

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Some Very Good Stoneware Available at A.A.A.W.T. in Massachusetts

A number of pieces of stoneware from the good collection that I have been writing about being offered by Antiques Associates At West Townsend in Massachusetts have gone to museum and prominent private collections, although there are still many good pieces available. I have posted a number of articles about these objects over the past few months, whereas some of the prices on these objects have also recently been reduced. Here are links to those articles -- 

1) Four Good Examples of 19th Century Stoneware Adorned with Cobalt Decorated Birds from Upstate New York: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/02/four-good-examples-of-19th-century.html

2) A Good 19th Century Stoneware Jug from Manhattan Marked "C. Crolius Manufacturer New-York": http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/02/a-good-19th-century-stoneware-jug-from.html

3) Three Good One-Of-A-Kind Type Examples of Albany Type Glazed Stoneware with Inscriptions from Ohio: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/02/three-good-one-of-kind-type-examples-of.html

4) Two 19th Century Stoneware Ring Bottles with Similar Circular or Dotted Graduated Designs: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/02/two-19th-century-stoneware-ring-flasks.html

5) 19th Century Stoneware Production with Silhouetted Designs Manufactured in Different Locations in America, Including in North Bay, Oneida County, New York, Circa 1851-1876: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/02/19th-century-stoneware-production-with.html

6) A Pair of Circa 1830 Stoneware Jars from Baltimore Made for Thomas Smith's Airville Plantation in Gloucester, Virginia: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/02/a-pair-of-circa-1830-stoneware-jars.html

7) The Opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal in 1832 and Some 19th Century Stoneware Production in Ohio: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/02/the-opening-ohio-and-erie-canal-in-1832.html

8) Two Good Early 19th Century Stoneware Jars from the Albany and Troy, New York Area: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/02/two-very-good-early-19th-century.html

9) Stoneware Production from the Heiser Family, Phillip Mugler, Charles Braun, Among Other Potters in Buffalo, New York: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/02/stoneware-production-from-heiser-family.html

Stoneware Collection Available at A.A.A.W.T.

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One other notable stoneware object that is currently for sale from another collection at Antiques Associates At West Townsend is a late nineteenth century presentation mug that was most likely made in Philadelphia; it is perhaps a unique surviving object: https://www.aaawt.com/antique/late-nineteenth-century-three-handled-stoneware-mug-loving-cup/

Here is also an article I posted about this object in January: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/01/a-19th-century-stoneware-presentation.html

Circa Early 1890s Stoneware Presentation Mug with Cobalt Inscription

The Script Reads “Founders Town D.B. Birney June XXV July XV,” “Kup Klub W.C. Watson 1890 1892,” and “For Jim W.F. Donaldson E.F. Davis Jamestown”

Made for the Jamestown Club in Jamestown, Rhode Island

The Men who Established the Club were from Philadelphia

The Cup was Probably Made in Philadelphia

Possibly Made at the Thomas Haig, Jr. Pottery

Stands 7 1/2" Tall

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For more information about any of these objects - contact A.A.A.W.T.: https://www.aaawt.com/about/.

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A Red Earthenware Jar that Sold Earlier this Year at Sotheby's Compared to a Jug Displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan

Earlier this year, a friend purchased a group lot of red earthenware at Sotheby's in New York City, which included a mottled green and black glazed red earthenware jar: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/americana/a-group-of-three-american-redware-vessels-19th.

This is a type of production that has sometimes been attributed to New England through the years mainly because of the glaze, although I feel this type of jar is actually from Pennsylvania or the Mid-Atlantic region. This jar is not unique, seeing that I have seen others like it, but this particular example is perhaps the best glazed jar that I have seen. But I think this is a good example of where a glaze should not be used as the only means of attribution, which is a subject that I covered in my recently published eighth book, titled, An Influential Family of Early Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses: https://historicbeverly.net/product/an-influential-family-of-early-potters-the-clarks-of-new-hampshire-and-related-businesses/.

Interestingly, this is a shape of jar that is similar to types produced by the Vickers family in Chester County, Pennsylvania, such as one example that was made by Thomas Vicker's in 1807 and displayed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/128469.

Furthermore, this type of jar may also be related to a style of jug that is often attributed to New England, which I also believe is actually from Pennsylvania or the Mid-Atlantic region, including one example that is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan (see below). 

In fact, the MET even indicates in the information displayed with the jug that the attribution is based on the glaze, where I think this is a misconception made with some New England red earthenware that an attribution can be developed on just the glaze. I demonstrated in the New Hampshire book that this type of glaze happened all over America in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, and really it can happen anywhere earthenware was produced in the world.

Note: For more information about the Vickers family - see a feature story I wrote for the September 2, 2022 issue of Antiques & Auction News, titled, The Vickers Family Of Pennsylvania: Abolitionists, Farmers And Quaker Potters - A Short Examination Into A Unique American Ceramics Story: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2022/08/new-published-cover-story-vickers.html.

Comparison of 19th Century Red Earthenware Jug and Jar

19th Century Red Earthenware Jug with a Mottled Green and Black Glaze

Probably Made in Pennsylvania or the Mid-Atlantic Region

This Type of Jug is Sometime Attributed to New England

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Photo Courtesy: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Information Displayed with the Jug

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Photo Courtesy: Metropolitan Museum of Art

19th Century Red Earthenware Jar with a Mottled Green and Black Glaze

Probably Made in Pennsylvania or the Mid-Atlantic Region

This Type of Jar is Sometimes Attributed to New England

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Photo Courtesy: Sotheby's

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