Jefferson S. Nash Pottery
Jar

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jar
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
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
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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