Durham-Chandler-Wilson Pottery
Jar

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jar
Datec. 1869–1903
Made inTexas, United States
MediumSalt-glazed stoneware with slip interior
Dimensions12 3/8 × 8 in. diameter (31.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2012.59
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Marion J. Durham, a native of the Edgefield District of South Carolina, became John M. Wilson’s partner in the Guadalupe Pottery sometime after the Civil War and by 1869 had bought out Wilson’s share of the business. Durham appears to have been affiliated with John Chandler (born c. 1830), who was probably formerly enslaved by the noted Edgefield potter Thomas Chandler. Durham moved the pottery to a site closer to the clay source; it remained in operation until 1903.

This jar bears an impressed two-gallon capacity mark, but instead of being in the usual place on the vessel’s shoulder, it placed near the base and turned sideways.


Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, date unknown; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Impressed above the base: 2 [horizontal]

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