Earlier this year, I posted a story to this website that showed a late eighteenth or early nineteenth century red earthenware jar with its original lid from Bristol County, Massachusetts, which was adorned with a Quaker hat as the finial. This is a significant and historically important example of red earthenware that will be published in my forthcoming tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, South Danvers, Peabody and Salem, Massachusetts. This jar and lid was also published in my fifth book, titled, A Celebrated Industry: The Historic Wares of Southeastern Massachusetts, Bristol County and Cape Cod: https://historicbeverly.net/product/a-celebrated-industry-the-historic-wares-of-southeastern-massachusetts-bristol-county-and-cape-cod/.
Nonetheless, the Quaker Movement originated around the mid-seventeenth century in England with George Fox's (1624-1691) teachings emphasizing direct, personal experience of God and the rejection of traditional religious hierarchies. This religion then quickly spread to parts of America, including Salem, Massachusetts, where there was significant pushback from the Puritans.
The Quaker religion also spread to parts of New Jersey in the 1670s and Pennsylvania in the 1680s, where the colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn (1644-1710) in 1682, as a safe place for Quakers to live and practice their faith.
Furthermore, I posted an article to this website last week showing a slip-script decorated red earthenware pan that was recovered from the Salmon Falls River in Rollinsford, New Hampshire; the pan was also dated "1793." Rollinsford is located about four miles to the northeast of Dover, and was originally included as part of Dover, an area that had a large Quaker presence: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/08/a-significant-18th-century-slip-scipt.html/
The first Quaker missionaries to arrive in Dover were three women from England in 1662: Mary Tompkins, Alice Ambrose and Ann Coleman, who were punished for their faith, and lashed to a cart, stripped to the waist and whipped. Quakers from Salem played a significant role in establishing the Quaker presence in Dover, and other areas in the region, much like the Salem and Danvers, Massachusetts area was also intertwined with the Quakers in Bristol County.
Interestingly, somewhat similar to the Bristol County jar with the Quaker hat, these objects appear to be adorned with a tricorne hat, which is defined as a style of hat in a triangular shape, which became popular in Europe during the eighteenth century, falling out of style by the early 1800s. The word "tricorne" was not widely used until the mid-nineteenth century. During the eighteenth century, hats of this general style were referred to as "cocked hats". Tricorn hats were also widely used in America during the colonial era and the American Revolution. Worn by both civilians and military personnel, this "cocked hat" style was a prevalent fashion, popular for its adaptability with wigs, ease of tucking under the arm, and practical protection from the elements.
Note: Quakers generally did not wear tricorne hats; instead, they favored their own distinctive plain, broad-brimmed hats.
Banks or Money Boxes that Appear to be Adorned with Tricorne Hats
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