With my forthcoming two-volume, 1,604 page, tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, Danvers, Peabody, Beverly and Salem, Massachusetts, heading to publication in the next month or so, I wanted to take a look at the next book I'm working on now, titled, A Monumental History: Stories of Red Earthenware Production in Western Massachusetts, the Berkshires and Vermont.
This eleventh installment in the book series is more of a collaboration than any of the previous books, where it will also include research from New York historian and author Warren Broderick, as well as a PhD candidate in Boston, and Boston City Archaeologist Joe Bagley. I suspect this book will run about 550-650 pages, where it is currently 523 pages. I'm hoping for a fall 2026 publication date; we have been working on the book for sometime now.
Nonetheless, these are the areas of red earthenware production that the new book will cover, and should anyone reading this post have any good existing pottery from any these areas or archaeology that you would like to include - please contact me a.s.a.p.!
Western Mass.: Springfield, Northampton, Lee, Williamstown, Great Barrington, Whately, Adams, Deerfield, etc.
Vermont: Hardwick, Woodstock, St. Johnsbury, Poultney, Dorset, Addison County, Brownington, Berlin, Plainfield, Bennington, Montpelier, Rutland, Caledonia County, Burlington, etc.
Other Areas: Roxbury, Mass., Dorchester, Mass. Charlestown, Mass., Danvers & Salem, Mass. area, Bristol County, Mass., East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Dutchess County, New York, Newburyport, Mass., parts of central Mass. and Worcester County, Mass., etc.
This is how the back cover of the book will read:
"Western Massachusetts has a rich history inhabited by various Native American tribes, which was later settled by English Puritans in places like Springfield, Massachusetts and the Connecticut River Valley Region in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. The region also has a history of red earthenware production dating to the 1700s, later followed by stoneware in the 1800s. The most successful type may have been the black glazed teapots produced in Whately, Massachusetts. However, red earthenware production seems to have been more widespread in the 1700s with some production that can be traced back to the Charlestown and South Danvers, Massachusetts area before the American Revolution. This book is the first of its kind to examine documented red earthenware from Western Massachusetts based on surviving objects and archaeological artifacts. The book also takes a look at some of Vermont’s lesser-known red earthenware businesses, some of which are tied to Central and Western Massachusetts."
Note: There will be also be more information about the Clark family published in this book, which is a continuation of information published in my forthcoming 1,600 page Danvers and Salem area book, as well as my 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/.
Here is also some more information about the forthcoming two-volume tenth book: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2026/01/update-on-new-book-book-sent-to.html.
Some Information About Forthcoming Eleventh Book
Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...
No comments:
Post a Comment