Jefferson S. Nash Pottery
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Maker Jefferson S. Nash PotteryAmerican, active c. 1849–1865

CultureAmerican

Titles

Datec. 1850–1860

Made inTexas, United States

MediumAlkaline-glazed stoneware

Dimensions10 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. diameter (27.3 × 15.9 cm)

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

Object numberB.2012.84

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ceramics Study Room

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Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionBorn in Georgia, entrepreneur and planter Jefferson Nash had connections to the founding families of the famous Edgefield, South Carolina, potteries through his second wife, Elizabeth Gibbs, and her brother James. Nash came to Marion County (then Cass County), Texas, in 1846 and established the first iron furnace in the state. He may have been producing pottery as early as 1848. The 1850 census noted two “turners” (potters) residing in his household, and enslaved laborers almost certainly worked in the pottery as well.
Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2005; given to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History"A Texas Legacy: Selections from the William J. Hill Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2016–January 2, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Impressed below the neck: JSNASH

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