A bulb planter is perhaps one of the rarest forms to find today in nineteenth century American red earthenware, which was used for forcing bulbs, growing shallow-rooted plants, or starting seedlings. Two examples of this form are owned today by Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and the Philadelphia Art Museum.
According to Historic Deerfield, "The pot or planter would have been filled with dirt and onion bulbs or sets. As the onions grew, the green shoots would push out of the holes and cooks could trim them adding the shoots to dishes. "
Nonetheless, this nineteenth century slip decorated example was likely made in southeastern Pennsylvania; it sold earlier this week as part of the collection of Leslie and Peter Warwick at Nye & Company in Bloomfield, New Jersey for $4,250 plus the buyer's premium: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/223485943_redware-bulb-jar-bloomfield-nj. This pot also likely had a detached red earthenware saucer with a similar glaze.
Here are links to a few other bulb pots that have sold in recent years at Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland:
Note: For more information about other pieces of red earthenware and stoneware that sold from the Warwick Collection - see the auction catalog: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/402570_the-collection-of-leslie-and-peter-warwick/.
For additional information about the Warwick Collection - see an article posted to this website in January 2025 about a stoneware jug from New Jersey known as the "Jersey Devil" that sold at Sotheby's in New York City: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/01/nathaniel-rochesters-merchant-business.html.
19th Century Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Bulb Pot
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