Preview of Forthcoming Tenth Book - Two Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Jars from the Same Manufacturer

This is a type of production that will be included in my forthcoming two-volume, 1,660 page, tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, Danvers, Peabody, Beverly and Salem, Massachusetts.

I found the jar on the left years ago at the antique shows in Brimfield, Massachusetts, which had been recently discovered as part of an old estate clean out in Danbury, Connecticut, alongside a late eighteenth or early nineteenth century slip decorated red earthenware jar made at the Nathaniel Seymour (1763-1849) Pottery in West Hartford, Connecticut. Because of the context - I included both of these objects in my sixth book, titled, 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/.

But the slip on the jar also matches archaeology recovered on slip decorated red earthenware pans found in the Danvers and Salem, Massachusetts area, circa eighteenth century contexts.

However, the jar on the right is from the same manufacturer, although it retains its original lid, and is owned by the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum suggests a circa 1780-1820 period possibly in Danvers, Massachusetts, but I would not rule out the Symonds family in neighboring Salem, circa 1750-1830. 

Interestingly, there is actually a third jar known with its original lid that is owned by Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which will also be published in the book!

Preview of Forthcoming Tenth Book

Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Jars from the Same Manufacturer

Adorned in Types of Slip that Matches Archaeology in the Danvers and Salem, Mass. Area

The Archaeology is from Different 18th Century Contexts

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Right Photo Courtesy: Gavin Ashworth and Chipstone Foundation

This Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Jar May Be Related to the Above Jars

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Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke Museum

A Close Up of the Slip Decoration

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Photo Courtesy: Strawbery Banke Museum

Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...