Hunt Pottery First Site
Jar

Jar

Public Domain

Jar
MakerAmerican, active c. 1889–1900
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jar
Datec. 1889–1900
Made inTexas, United States
MediumSlip-glazed stoneware
Dimensions10 3/4 × 7 in. diameter (27.3 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2012.151
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionJohn Fleming Hunt operated the Rusk County, Texas, site from approximately 1889 to 1900. Hunt may have learned the trade from Alexander “Ellick” Brown, who was formerly enslaved at the Taylor Brown pottery.
Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2005; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
opposite side from handle- 1 1/4 inch from top lip- impressed "1"

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