Some Information About Forthcoming Tenth Book and Two Early Examples of New England Red Earthenware

For those interested and anticipating my next book, this is a checklist of things I have to finish up for my forthcoming tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, South Danvers, Peabody and Salem, Massachusetts. The book is currently 899 pages.

I also suspect the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century small black glazed red earthenware pitcher with an orange glazed interior, which my niece Alexis is holding may be related to production from this area. It may have been made in the Salem, Beverly and Danvers area, although the style of the handle and the large round footed base is also indicative of wares related to Peter Clark (1743-1826) in New Hampshire, who trained in the Danvers area, circa 1750s and/or early 1760s. The pitcher recently showed up in a group lot at an auction in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Note: For more information about the Clark family - see my recently published, 700-page, 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/.

My Niece Alexis Holding the Black Glazed Red Earthenware Pitcher

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Late 18th or 19th Century Black Glazed Red Earthenware Pitcher

Possibly Made in Coastal Massachusetts

Stands " Tall

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Additional Views of the Pitcher

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I was also really surprised by two pieces of red earthenware from New England that showed up last week at the antique shows in New Hampshire, both of which were found at the 68th annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association Show on Thursday August 7 in Manchester, New Hampshire. To my knowledge - these are the only objects known like either of them in existence today, essentially one-of-a-kind pieces. Both will be included in my forthcoming tenth book, whereas the object not pictured here will receive a few pages of discussion. 

However, this was the other object, and even though I do not know the maker, I really want it to be related to three known objects, one that is privately owned, while the others are owned by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts and the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. I believe these three objects were made by the Symmonds family in Salem, circa 1750-1830, which is a family name best-known today for the furniture they made in Salem in the 1600s, some of which has sold for millions of dollars through the years. In fact, the Peabody Essex Museum displays some examples of furniture made by the Symmonds family; although, this was also a family of potters, as early as 1750.

18th or Early 19th Century Red Earthenware Jar

Possibly from Coastal Massachusetts

Perhaps Made in the Salem and Danvers, Mass. Area

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Photo Courtesy: Thom Rawson

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