Rushton Pottery Company
Pitcher

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pitcher
Datec. 1873–1900
Made inHenderson, Texas, United States
MediumSlip-glazed stoneware
Dimensions10 × 7 7/8 × 7 1/4 in. (25.4 × 20 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2012.116
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
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.
Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2003; given to MFAH, 2012.
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