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.

Straight-sided jars and jugs became increasingly dominant forms as the 19th century drew to a close, favored for their more efficient use of space and the greater ease in stacking and storing them.