Joseph C. D. Rushton
Pitcher

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Maker Joseph C. D. RushtonAmerican, active c. 1870–1900

Maker Rushton Pottery CompanyAmerican, 1873–1900

CultureAmerican

Titles

Pitcher

Datec. 1873–1900

Made inHenderson, Texas, United States

MediumAlkaline-glazed stoneware

Dimensions8 × 6 1/2 × 6 in. (20.3 × 16.5 × 15.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill

Object numberB.2012.114

Non exposé

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionJoseph Rushton, son of a Randolph County, Alabama, pottery operator, came to Rusk County, Texas, sometime between 1868 and 1870. He may have worked for potter Taylor Brown before establishing his own firm, which operated between 1873 and 1900, producing both slip-glazed and alkaline-glazed wares.

This pitcher bears the impressed initials of the maker on its neck near the handle.
Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 1999; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

to right of handle 2 1/4 inches from lip, incised "J.R"

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