tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post3133042955646305081..comments2024-03-20T00:32:01.785-07:00Comments on MemoriesandMiscellany: Discovering the Swasey SolutionJack Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post-81286070258591969992018-09-29T07:37:26.257-07:002018-09-29T07:37:26.257-07:00Dana T: Thanks for continuing to be in touch. Whe...Dana T: Thanks for continuing to be in touch. When I receive a comment it is supposed to show up on my email. But sometimes it does not and I only find out when I later revisit one of the 260 plus posts on this blog. In this case three years late. Your research is excellent in making the connection between Sherwood and Swasey. I hope you have written this up somewhere and can provide a copy. I would be happy to post an article on this blog, giving you full credit for your work.Jack Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post-29684911064929885952018-06-15T14:36:45.366-07:002018-06-15T14:36:45.366-07:00Just got an E. Swasey 4 gal crock. Interested in ...Just got an E. Swasey 4 gal crock. Interested in learning more. Live in Maine so will check out 273 Commercial. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450254557442392092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post-55288675817048834562018-03-10T14:09:50.729-08:002018-03-10T14:09:50.729-08:00I found an E Swasey bean pot with no lid.
It’s a ...I found an E Swasey bean pot with no lid. <br />It’s a #3. Are you interested in buying it?<br />Leslie <br />L51854@msn.com or Lesliehume@gmail.comM_pause Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11268008559101558799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post-34419144046556968592016-09-23T17:59:06.046-07:002016-09-23T17:59:06.046-07:00My mother was a Swasey and these are distant relat...My mother was a Swasey and these are distant relatives so I am enjoying finding out the history. Please keep researching.swaseygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05959329992504446917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post-89810589568996349452015-08-01T16:23:40.881-07:002015-08-01T16:23:40.881-07:00Jack,
Just checked a couple of sources, including...Jack,<br /><br />Just checked a couple of sources, including Branin, and it would seem that Swasey leased the Brattle Street factory to a Joseph Gilliatt of Portland who started the Portland Pottery Company. This was at the same time that Swasey opened E. Swasey & Company at 273 Commercial Street. Branin then goes on to cite the 1898 Portland Directory where E. Swasey & Company has their manufactory at E. (sic) Brighton, PA, but incorrectly assumes that was for glassware. I do stand corrected on the statement that the only kilns were at Portland Stone Ware, but I have yet to flesh out how long Gilliatt's Portland Pottery Company remained in business; Branin suggests until 1896 or 1900 but that the Brattle Street address, the former site of Swasey's Portland Pottery Works, was not used after 1893. No other successors at Brattle St. are mentioned.<br /><br />Hope this information helps.DanaThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16113246715458046727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post-92181737313725895072015-08-01T12:02:54.782-07:002015-08-01T12:02:54.782-07:00Hi Jack,
No worries on the delay in replying since...Hi Jack,<br />No worries on the delay in replying since I'm just as guilty. I only stumbled in here today while doing some further research on this very question.<br /><br />I think the most compelling evidence is that Historic New England has in their collection a typical Swasey Crock that, however, is stamped on the side "SHERWOOD BROS./ POTTERY/ NEW BRIGHTON, PA."<br /><br />In addition, Fred Swasey is listed as one of the directors of Sherwood Brothers in Poor's Manual of Industrials: Manufacturing, Mining, and Miscellaneous Companies for 1913.<br /><br />In the January 4, 1912 New Brighton Daily Times it mentions that Fred Swasey is in town "on business with the Sherwood Brothers Pottery."<br /><br />At the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, Sherwood Brothers Pottery wins a gold medal for glazed stoneware as does "collaborator" E. Swasey.<br /><br />In The Country Gentleman and the Rural New Yorker magazines of 1911-1912, E. Swasey & Co. is advertising "full barrel lots of slightly damaged stoneware" to be shipped directly from the New Brighton pottery for $1 (what a deal!!!!).<br /><br />Lastly, by the time E. Swasey & Company set up shop on Commercial Street, there is no evidence that they had kilns at the site (it would be in the tax records for one thing) and the only kilns in town belonged to the Portland Stone Ware Company which made salt-glazed stoneware, not the type of ware Swasey was selling. As a result, Swasey would have had to have gotten his wares elsewhere.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Dana TDanaThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16113246715458046727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post-89005763284358163512015-01-18T16:48:23.416-08:002015-01-18T16:48:23.416-08:00DanaT: Sorry to be so long in replying. My old ...DanaT: Sorry to be so long in replying. My old computer crashed in April and it has taken some time for me to recover. I agree that Sherwood Bros. may have been responsible for some of the "fancy" jugs. But why go to Swasey when it was possible to go directly to to Sherwod? I hope that you with share your research about this issue.<br />All the best. JackJack Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158406346037964376.post-44452010012429294062014-06-25T06:12:53.494-07:002014-06-25T06:12:53.494-07:00While I agree that Swasey was at one time a manufa...While I agree that Swasey was at one time a manufacturer of pottery, specifically salt glazed stoneware (I own an example marked Lamson & Swasey) the ubiquitous brown and white pottery of Swasey was clearly made by someone else, in all likelihood Sherwood Bro. in New Brighton. When Swasey first came to Portland, he had a pot shop on Green Street in the same neighborhood as Benj. Dodge Sr. and Jr., but by the time of that they were selling the brown and white pottery, they were located on Commercial Street and there is no evidence of kilns associated with the site. Further, besides pottery, they sold china, glassware, etc., so my guess (without actually seeing their records) is that they were supplied by jobbers. Also, looking at the various landings at the port of Portland, Swasey is receiving a considerable number of crates of pottery on a regular basis. It's a great topic and one that I am going to be spending more time researching.DanaThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10724299287366573435noreply@blogger.com