Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Moro Phillips (1812-1885)

Storage Jar
Attributed Moro Phillips (1812-1885)
and Sanford Perry (b.1793)
for the Trees Point Pottery
Charles City County, Virginia
1849-1853
Salt-glazed stoneware
Private Collection

In 1849, the Trees Point Pottery was established by Philadelphia chemical manufacturer Philip Charlotsky Moro or “Moro Phillips” on the banks of the James River. Moro’s choice to lead his new enterprise was potter Sanford Perry. With a small, enslaved workforce, Perry built and ran the factory, producing utilitarian stoneware running the gamut from common storage vessels to special chemical distilling apparatuses. This vessel is among the first to be attributed to this pottery.

Storage Jar Thomas Amos (1786-1822) for the Richard Randolph Manufactory Four Mile Creek, Henrico County, Virginia 1821-1822 Salt-Glazed Stoneware HOA: 12 1/2”, WOA: 10 1/2” Loan courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg

Jar Thomas Ducey (1822-1867) and John Ducey (1824-1878) Petersburg, Virginia 1855-1867 Salt-glazed stoneware HOA: 8 3/4"; WOA: 7" The William C. and Susan S. Mariner Collection (5813.32)

Storage Jar Benjamin DuVal & Company Richmond, Virginia 1811-1820 Salt-Glazed Stoneware HOA: 15 1/2”, WOA: 12” Gift of Mrs. Robert Hooper (2950)

Storage Jar Inscribed "Mary H. Bishop" Attributed to Samuel Frayser (1787-1849) at the former Richard Randolph Manufactory or the Frayser Pottery (after 1824) Four Mile Creek, Henrico County, Virginia 1821-1849 Salt-Glazed Stoneware Private Collection

Storage Jar David Parr (1819-1882) and Thomas Keesee (1809-1872) Richmond, Virginia 1858–1865 Salt-glazed Stoneware Private Collection

Henry Lowndes (d.1842) for the Lowndes Pottery Petersburg, Virginia 1841 Salt-glazed Stoneware HOA: 20"; WOA: 13" Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (5667)

Storage Jar Attributed Moro Phillips (1812-1885) and Sanford Perry (b.1793) for the Trees Point Pottery Charles City County, Virginia 1849-1853 Salt-glazed stoneware Private Collection

Jar with Portrait of Andrew Jackson Attributed to John Poole Schermerhorn (1788-1850) Richmond, Virginia 1828-1830 Salt-glazed stoneware HOA: 14 5/8"; WOA: 11" The William C. and Susan S. Mariner Collection (5813.9)

Five-Gallon Storage Jar Stephen B. Sweeney (1799-1863) Bailey's Creek, Henrico County, Virginia 1838-1862 Salt-glazed stoneware HOA: 15"; DIA: 11" Private Collection (5825)

Pitcher Attributed to Samuel Wilson probably for the Schermerhorn Pottery Southeast Henrico County, Virginia 1817-1837 Salt-glazed stoneware Private Collection