An interesting comparison that was made yesterday by antiques collector and dealer David Good was that the circa 1811-1815 red earthenware jar made at William Jackson's (d. 1829) pottery business in Lynn (Saugus), Massachusetts, was adorned in a style of glaze that reminded him of some types produced along the Great Road in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee. I immediately recognized what he was saying, and I have posted that comparison below.
The jar I included for comparison was made by Christopher Alexander Haun (1821-1861) in Greene County, Tennessee; from a historical standpoint - Haun may be best known today for his involvement in the American Civil War. On December 11, 1861, Haun was executed by hanging by the Confederacy for his participation in a pro-Union bridge burning at Lick Creek in Greene County, although prior to this historical event he made some of the region’s most colorful and accomplished red earthenware. Examples of his production can be seen today as part of the William and Susan Mariner Gallery at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and The Art Museums at Colonial Williamsburg, among other museums.
Interesting, though, the Jackson jar originally had a lid, although it is unclear what happened to it. It was published with the lid in the 1974 exhibit catalog, Regional Aspects of American Folk Pottery (see below). But as I have previously noted, Jackson was not the potter at his business; he may have recruited a local potter or potters from the Danvers and Salem area, where this appears like an Essex County, Massachusetts type lid.
Nonetheless, all of this information about Jackson will be published in my forthcoming two-volume, tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, South Danvers, Peabody and Salem, Massachusetts.
One additional note that I wanted to make about the forthcoming book is that Chapter 19 in Volume II, titled, A Practical Decorated Type of Red Earthenware Jar, will show three rare existing nineteenth century red earthenware jars from the Danvers and Salem area, where I explain how the decoration is similar to types produced by David Mandeville (1776-1859) in Orange County, New York. Two the jars are privately owned, while the third was recently acquired by Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Note: For more information about William Jackson - see these two article recently posted to this website:
1) The Circa 1811-1815 William Jackson Pottery of Lynn (Saugus), Massachusetts: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/11/the-circa-1811-1815-william-jackson.html
2) More Information About the Circa 1811-1815 William Jackson Pottery in Lynn (Saugus), Massachusetts: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/11/more-information-about-circa-1811-1815.html
William Jackson's Red Earthenware Jar from Lynn (Saugus), Mass.
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