18th Century Material Culture

Food Containers & Measures

 Madame Favart as a Waitress
Note the Mouth of the Jug Tied Closed with a Bladder or Cloth
Wares of the Poor Potter of Yorktown, Virginia c. 1720 - 1745
 English
Lead Glazed Earthenware
Storage Jars
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware / “Yellow Ware” “ Jar from North Staffordshire
c. 1640 - 1650
(Stoke-On-Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware “Jar” from Staffordshire
Late 17th or Early 18th Century
(Stoke-On-Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware “Jar “
1750 - 1800
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware “Jar “
c. 1720
(Ceramics in America)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware “Pot“
c. 1730 - 1750
(Ceramics in America)
English Gravel Tempered Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Jar from North Devon (9 3/8”)
Excavated at the Edward Rumney / Stephen West Tavern, London Town, Maryland c. 1725
(Chipstone / Photo, Gavin Ashworth)
Repurposed (Filed) English Slip Decorated Lead Glazed Earthenware Chamber Pot from Harlow, Essex
“ BREAK ME NOT IN YOURE HAST FOR I TO NONE WILL GIVE DISTASTE” c. 1750
(Chipstone / Jonathan Hone)
 American
Lead Glazed Earthenware
Storage Jars
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Charlestown, Massachusetts
c. 1745 - 1765
(Tim Gould Auctions
American Earthenware Storage Jar with Lead Glazed Interior from Jamestown, Virginia
c. 1625
(Ceramics in America - Photograph Courtesy Robert Hunter)
 Likely American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Jar Possibly from Maryland (10 3/8”)
Excavated at the Edward Rumney / Stephen West Tavern, London Town, Maryland c. 1725
(Chipstone / Photo, Gavin Ashworth)
 Likely American Earthenware Jar Possibly from New Hampshire
Excavated at the Samuel Marshall Pottery, Puddle Dock, Portsmouth Mid 18th Century
(Strawberry Banke)
Interior Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar Stained with Acidic Cherry Juice
Recovered from the Katherine Nanny Naylor Cross Street Privy Archeology Site
17th Century (Privy In Use From 1660 - 1716)
(Massachusetts Historical Commission - City of Boston Archeology Program)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Charlestown, South Carolina
Attributed to Andrew Duche’ c. 1735 - 1743
(MESDA)
 American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Jar from Pownal, Maine
“May ye 8 JD hur jug - 1739 / price 2s 6d give me to make / with your hand and I will / fill it if I can / Made by John Day, Pownal, Me.”
by John Day of Pownal, Maine 1739
(Historic New England)
American Green Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Bristol County, Massachusetts
c. 1780 - 1820
(Private New York Collection / Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas
American Green Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Bristol County, Massachusetts
c. 1780 - 1820
(Private New York Collection / Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas
American Green Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Bristol County, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Green Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Bristol County, Massachusetts
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Massachusetts
c. 1780 - 1820
(Historic New England)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mid 18th Century
(Museum of the American Revolution - Photo Courtesy Rob Hunter)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Jar from Massachusetts (13.5” Tall)
Possibly Made in Essex County, Massachusetts. Likely Made in Coastal Massachusetts c. 1750 - 1780
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Jar from Massachusetts (13.5” Tall)
Possibly Made in Essex County, Massachusetts. Likely Made in Coastal Massachusetts c. 1750 - 1780
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Jar from Coastal Massachusetts or Hartford, Connecticut (10.5” Tall)
Possibly Made at the Thomas O'Hare Goodwin Pottery in West Hartford, Connecticut Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Jar from Coastal Massachusetts or Hartford, Connecticut (10.5” Tall)
Possibly Made at the Thomas O'Hare Goodwin Pottery in West Hartford, Connecticut Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Jar Attributed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recovered from a c. 1750 - 1769 Brick Lined Privy at 5 North 3rd Street in Philadelphia and Thought to be Locally Made
(American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas / Photo Courtesy Chris Rowell)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from the Southern United States
Initialed “S.G.” and Dated “1784”
(Crocker Farm Auction)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Jar Likely from Massachusetts
Likely Made by a Potter from Essex County, Massachusetts Late 18th Century
(Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Jar Likely from Massachusetts
Possibly Made by Peter Clark of Braintree Massachusetts Late 18th Century
(Northeast Auctions)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from Massachusetts or Southern, New Hampshire
Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(Samuel Herrup Antiques of Sheffield, Massachusetts)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Storage Jar from New Hampshire
by Peter Clark Redware of Lyndeboro, New Hampshire Late 18th - Early 19th Century
(New Hampshire Historical Society)
 American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Cream Pots from Massachusetts
Recovered at the Site of the Isaac Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, Massachusetts
Made Prior to 1781
(Isaac Royal House and Slave Quarters Museum)
American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Milk - Cream Crock / Pot Possibly from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recovered at the Severns/Kennedy Site in Greenwich Township, New Jersey 18th Century
(New Jersey Historic Preservation Office / Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Pot Shard Found in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Likely Local Manufactury c. 1745 - 1770
(City of Boston Archeology Program / Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Pot Shard from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
c. 1770 - 1779
(National Park Service, Independence National Historical Park)
American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Pots from Virginia
by Henry Pierce of Alexandria, Virginia c. 1792 - 1796
(Chipstone)
 American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Pot Likely from Charlestown, Massachusetts
Found in the Privy of the Three Cranes Tavern, Charlestown. Massachusetts, that was Burned by the British June 17, 1775
Mid 18th Century
(City of Boston Archeology Program)
American Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Pot Attributed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recovered from a Philadelphia Privy c. 1790 - 1820 and Thought to be Locally Made
(Bruce Adwell / Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
American Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Pot Attributed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recovered from a Philadelphia Privy c. 1790 - 1820 and Thought to be Locally Made
(Bruce Adwell / Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
American Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Pot or Dye Pot
“c. 1700 - 1899”
(Historic New England)
 French
Lead Glazed Earthenware
Storage Jars
 Earthenware Jar - Likely French
From the Wreck of the Machault Sunk in the 1760 Battle of Restigouche in the Bay of Gaspé in Quebec Province
c. 1755 - 1760
(Parks Canada)
 German
Lead Glazed Earthenware
Storage Jars
German Weser Ware Earthenware Jar or Pot Excavated at the Site of the 2nd Church of Elizabeth City Parish in Hampton, Virginia
c. 1610 (Site c. 1623)
(St. John’s Church, Hampton, Virginia - Photograph Courtesy Robert Hunter)
German Weser Ware Earthenware Jar or Pot Excavated at the Site of the 2nd Church of Elizabeth City Parish in Hampton, Virginia
c. 1610 (Site c. 1623)
(St. John’s Church, Hampton, Virginia - Photograph Courtesy Robert Hunter)
German Weser Ware Earthenware Jar or Pot Excavated at the Site of the 2nd Church of Elizabeth City Parish in Hampton, Virginia
c. 1610 (Site c. 1623)
(St. John’s Church, Hampton, Virginia - Photograph Courtesy Robert Hunter)
German Weser Ware Earthenware Jar or Pot Excavated at the Site of the 2nd Church of Elizabeth City Parish in Hampton, Virginia
c. 1610 (Site c. 1623)
(St. John’s Church, Hampton, Virginia - Photograph Courtesy Robert Hunter)
 Jamaican
Lead Glazed Earthenware
Storage Jars
Jamaican Redware Jar Sherds Recovered from Fanueil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
18th Century
(City of Boston Archeology Program)
 Jamaican Redware Jar Found in Port Royal, Jamaica
18th Century
(From: “An Archaeology of Black Markets” / Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
 English
Salt Glazed Stoneware
Storage Jars
English Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from London
c. 1720
(Chipstone)
English Salt Glazed Stoneware Jars from London
c. 1720 - 1750
(Chipstone)
English Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar, Probably from London
c. 1750
(Chipstone)
Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Excavated from the British Barracks, City Hall Park, New York City c. 1776
(From: “The History and Archeology of City Hall Park”)
(The Brooklyn College Archaeological Research Center Brooklyn College, CUNY)
English Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Found in the Wreck of the General Carleton
c. 1785
(Polish Maritime Museum)
Likely English Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Excavated at Grand Portage, Minnesota
18th Century
(Grand Portage, Minnesota, National Park Service)
 Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar
Excavated from Privy 3 at the Three Cranes Tavern, Charlestown, Massachusetts - Burned by the British on June 17, 1775
(City of Boston Archeology Program)
Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Excavated at Yorktown, Virginia
c. 1720 - 1740
(Ceramics in America)
Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Excavated at Yorktown, Virginia
c. 1720 - 1740
(Ceramics in America)
Brown Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherd Excavated at Yorktown, Virginia
c. 1720 - 1740
(Ceramics in America)
 American
Salt Glazed Stoneware
Storage Jars
American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey
18th Century
(Early American Stoneware)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Morgan Pottery c. 1775 - 1784
(Chipstone - Ceramics in America)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Morgan Pottery c. 1775 - 1784
(Chipstone - Private Collection; Photo, Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1770
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1770
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1775
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1770
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1770
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1770
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey
Attributed to the Kemple Family of Potters c. 1770 - 1780
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey
Attributed to the Kemple Family of Potters c. 1770 - 1780
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York
(Restored) c. 1775
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York
(Restored) c. 1775
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glaze Stoneware Jug Remnant with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations
Excavated from the British Barracks, City Hall Park, New York City
(From: “The History and Archeology of City Hall Park”)
(The Brooklyn College Archaeological Research Center Brooklyn College, CUNY)
American Salt Glaze Stoneware Jug Remnants with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations
Excavated from the British Barracks, City Hall Park, New York City
(From: “The History and Archeology of City Hall Park”)
(The Brooklyn College Archaeological Research Center Brooklyn College, CUNY)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1780 - 1790
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1780 - 1790
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New Jersey
c. 1775
(Early American Stoneware)
American 1/2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York
From Cheesequake, New Jersey or Manhattan, New York 4th Quarter 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York
c. 1775
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York
c. 1775
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York
c. 1775
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York
c. 1775
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Kemple Pottery c. 1745 - 1795
(Chipstone, Private Collection, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Small Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York
Mid 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House / G. S.Theberge Collection)
American Small Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York
Mid 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House / G. S.Theberge Collection)
American Small Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Purple Slip Decorations from Manhattan, New York
c. 1790
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Small Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Blue Decorations from Manhattan, New York
c. 1790
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Small Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Fish Scale Decorations from Manhattan, New York
Late 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Manhattan, New York
4th Quarter 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 1 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Manhattan, New York
Second Half 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Kemple Pottery c. 1745 - 1795
(Chipstone, MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American 1 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Manhattan, New York
Second Half 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 1 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Manhattan, New York
Second Half 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 1 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Manhattan, New York
Late 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 1 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Manhattan, New York
Late 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 4 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from New Jersey
Late 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 4 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Manhattan, New York
c. 1750 - 1775
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 4 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Manhattan, New York
c. 1750 - 1775
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from New Jersey
Late 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
 American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Connecticut
Attributed to Abraham Mead of Greenwich, Connecticut c, 1790
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
 American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Connecticut
Attributed to Abraham Mead of Greenwich, Connecticut c, 1790
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
 American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Manhattan, New York, or New Jersey
From Either the Remmey or Crolius Potteries of Manhattan, New York,
Kemple Pottery of Ringoes, New Jersey, or Morgan Pottery of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1750
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
 American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Manhattan, New York, or New Jersey
From Either the Remmey or Crolius Potteries of Manhattan, New York,
Kemple Pottery of Ringoes, New Jersey, or Morgan Pottery of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1750
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
 American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Manhattan, New York, or New Jersey
From Either the Remmey or Crolius Potteries of Manhattan, New York,
Kemple Pottery of Ringoes, New Jersey, or Morgan Pottery of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1750
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
 American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Manhattan, New York, or New Jersey
From Either the Remmey or Crolius Potteries of Manhattan, New York,
Kemple Pottery of Ringoes, New Jersey, or Morgan Pottery of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1750
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
 American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Manhattan, New York, or New Jersey
From Either the Remmey or Crolius Potteries of Manhattan, New York,
Kemple Pottery of Ringoes, New Jersey, or Morgan Pottery of Cheesequake, New Jersey c. 1750
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from New Jersey
Late 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Hunterdon County, New Jersey
by Kemple Pottery c. 1745 - 1795
(Chipstone, Private Collection, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Hunterdon County, New Jersey
by Kemple Pottery c. 1745 - 1795
(Chipstone, Private Collection, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American 2 Gallon Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or New York
From Cheesequake, New Jersey or Manhattan, New York 4th Quarter 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Kemple Pottery c. 1745 - 1795
(Chipstone, MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Decorations from Manhattan, New York
Mid 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or NewYork
by Capt. James Morgan of Cheesequake, NJ or Remmey or Crolius of Manhattan, New York 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from New Jersey or NewYork
by Capt. James Morgan of Cheesequake, NJ or Remmey or Crolius of Manhattan, New York 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed 1/2 Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decorations from New Jersey or NewYork
c. 1750 - 1790
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed 1/2 Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decorations from Manhattan, NewYork
Mid 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed 2 Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watchspring Decorations from Greenwich, Connecticut
Attributed to Abraham Mead Late 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed 2 Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Watchspring Decorations from Greenwich, Connecticut
Attributed to Abraham Mead Late 18th Century
(Crocker Farm Auction House)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherd with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784
(Chipstone - MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherd with Cobalt Watch Spring Decorations from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784
(Chipstone - Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherd with Cobalt Bird Decoration from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784
(Chipstone - Robert J. Simm Collection, MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherds with Cobalt Bird Decoration from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784
(Chipstone - Robert J. Simm Collection, MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherd with Cobalt “Zebra” Decoration from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784
(Chipstone - Robert J. Simm Collection, MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherd with Cobalt Flower Decoration from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784
(Chipstone - Robert J. Simm Collection, MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Sherds with Cobalt Flower Decoration from Cheesequake, New Jersey
Attributed to Captain James Morgan c. 1775 - 1784
(Chipstone - Robert J. Simm Collection, MCHA, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Possibly from Charlestown, Massachusetts (8 1/2”)
Possibly by the Grace Parker Pottery of Charlestown, Massachusetts c. 1741 - 1745
(Historic New England)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Possibly from Charlestown, Massachusetts (8 1/2”)
Possibly by the Grace Parker Pottery of Charlestown, Massachusetts c. 1741 - 1745
(Historic New England)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Possibly from Charlestown, Massachusetts (8 1/2”)
Possibly by the Grace Parker Pottery of Charlestown, Massachusetts c. 1741 - 1745
(Historic New England)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Possibly from Charlestown, Massachusetts (8 1/2”)
Possibly by the Grace Parker Pottery of Charlestown, Massachusetts c. 1741 - 1745
(Historic New England)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Spouted Pot with Cobalt Flower Decoration from Greenwich, Connecticut
Attributed to Adam States c. 1745
(Chipstone - Private Collection, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Spouted Pot with Cobalt Flower Decoration from Greenwich, Connecticut
Attributed to Adam States c. 1745
(Chipstone - Private Collection, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
 Possibly Foreign Made or American Made Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar Shard from Massachusetts
Recovered from Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts Found in a Context with a Mean Date of 1726
(City of Boston Archeology Program / Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Connecticut
by Abraham Meade of Greenwich Connecticut 1791
(Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York)
 American Salt Glazed Stoneware Jar from Connecticut
by Abraham Meade of Greenwich Connecticut Late 18th Century
(Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York)
 Dutch
Salt Glazed Stoneware
Storage Jars
 Dutch Still Life
by Justus Juncker c. Mid 18th Century
(Private Collection)
Dinner Pails
French Dinner Pail with Cover
by P.A. Sullivan c. 1750
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
(Probably) French Dinner Pail with Cover
18th Century
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Glass
Jars
American Glass Jar & Cover Attributed to the Pitkin Glass Works of Manchester, Connecticut
c. 1784
(HistoricalGlass.com)
 Glass
Containers
European Glass Utility or Medicine Bottle
18th Century
(Private Collection)
 American Snuff Jar with Matching Bottle
Possibly by the Wistarberg Glass Works of Alloway, New Jersey c. 1738 - 1775
(HistoricalGlass.com)
American Green Glass Utility or Snuff Bottle
c. 1774 - 1784
(HistoricalGlass.com)
 Green Glass Utility or Snuff Bottle
c. 1760 - 1840
(New Hampshire Historical Society)
 Green Glass Utility or Snuff Bottle
Mid 18th - Early 19th Century
(Banneker-Douglass Museum and Archaeology, Annapolis / University of Maryland)
 Green Glass Utility or Snuff Bottle
c. 1780 - 1820
(New Hampshire Historical Society)
Three Wide-Mouthed Storage Bottles Found Under the Kitchen Wall of the Weherburn Tavern
Center Bottle Octagonal
c. 1750
Audrey Noel Hume
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library)
American Utilitarian Bottle, Possibly from the Pitkin Glass Works of Manchester, Connecticut
c. 1783
(HistoricalGlass.com)
American Utilitarian Bottle from the Wistarburgh Glass Works of Alloway, New Jersey
c. 1738 - 1780
(HistoricalGlass.com)
American Utilitarian Bottle from the Wistarburgh Glass Works of Alloway, New Jersey
c. 1768 - 1774
(HistoricalGlass.com)
American Utilitarian Bottle from the Wistarburgh Glass Works of Alloway, New Jersey
c. 1738 - 1780
(Old South Jersey Glass & Antiques, LLC)
Bottle Found in the East Wall of Wetherburn’s Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, Containing Morello Cherries
Mid 18th Century
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
Bottle Found in the East Wall of Wetherburn’s Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, Containing Morello Cherries
Mid 18th Century
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
 American Utilitarian Bottle
Likely Pitkin Glass Works, Connecticut 18th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 American Utilitarian Bottle
Likely Pitkin Glass Works, Connecticut 18th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Chestnut Utilitarian Bottle from New England
c. 1780 - 1830
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Chestnut Utilitarian Bottle from New England
c. 1780 - 1830
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Chestnut Utilitarian Bottle from New England
c. 1780 - 1830
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
American Chestnut Utilitarian Bottle from New England
c. 1780 - 1830
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 Dutch Utilitarian Bottle
c. 1720
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 Dutch Utilitarian Bottle
c. 1720
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
English Dark Green Bottles Recovered from the Dry Well at Monticello, Virginia, c. 1760 - 1775
When Found, they Contained Small Whole Cherries, Grapes, and Cranberries
(Colonial Williamsburg Archeology Series)
 Water
Containers
Chinoiserie Cistern/Cooler, London Delft
c. 1710
(Private Collection)
 Dry
Containers
New England 12” Staved Tub with Traces of Yellow Paint
18th - Early 19th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England 12” Staved Tub with Traces of Yellow Paint
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England 12” Staved Tub with Traces of Yellow Paint
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England (Dry) Storage Barrel with Lapped Staves Secured by Rosehead Nails
18th - Early 19th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England (Dry) Storage Barrel with Lapped Staves Secured by Rosehead Nails
18th - Early 19th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England (Dry) Storage Barrel with Lapped Staves Secured by Rosehead Nails
18th - Early 19th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Dry Storage Lap Joint Barrel in Red Paint
c. 1800
(Sharon Platt)
New England Pine Wood Storage Box
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Pine Wood Storage Box
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Pine Wood Storage Box
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Pantry Box with “Bittersweet” Surface & Rosehead Nails
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Pantry Box with “Bittersweet” Surface & Rosehead Nails
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Pantry Oval Pantry Box
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Pantry Oval Pantry Box
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
New England Pantry Oval Pantry Box in Green Paint
18th Century
(Sharon Platt)
Turned Pantry Box
18th Century
(Skinner)
English Lignum Vitae Footed Compote with Lid, Sweetmeat Box
17th Century
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
Measures
 English Cast Bronze Bushel Measure
Bearing the Arms of the Lord of the Manor Kirkoswald, Lord Dacre 1662
(Private Collection / Antique Metalware Society)
English Cast Bronze Exchequer Standard Bushel Measure
Bearing the Arms of the City of London 1674
(Museum of London)
Chestnut Measure, Probably Connecticut or Rhode Island
c. 1750 - 1800
(Private Collection)
Chestnut Measure, Probably Connecticut or Rhode Island
c. 1750 - 1800
(Private Collection)
Measure with Rosehead Nail Construction
18th Century
(Randi Ona)
Measure with Rosehead Nail Construction
18th Century
(Randi Ona)
Measure with Rosehead Nail Construction
18th Century
(Randi Ona)
Copper Measure Marked “CM” for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Late 18th Century
(Skinner)
Copper Measure Marked “CM” for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Late 18th Century
(Skinner)
Set of 3 Copper Measures Marked “CM” for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Late 18th Century
(Skinner)
Set of 3 Copper Measures Marked “CM” for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Late 18th Century
(Skinner)
 German Bronze Nuremberg Measure
1706
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
 German Bronze Nuremberg Measure
1706
(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
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