Taylor Brown Pottery
Jar

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MakerAttributed to Taylor Brown PotteryAmerican, active by 1860–c.1883

CultureAmerican

Titles

Datec. 1850–1883

Made inHenderson, Texas, United States

MediumAlkaline-glazed stoneware

Dimensions7 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. diameter (19.7 × 19.7 cm)

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

Object numberB.2012.92

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ceramics Study Room

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionBorn in Georgia in 1800, Taylor Brown lived in Alabama before arriving in Rusk County, Texas, by 1839. Though census records consistently list him as a farmer, he was operating a gristmill and a pottery by 1860 according to the U. S. Manufacturing Schedule for that year. By that time he had also amassed significant wealth in land and in an enslaved workforce.
Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2004; given to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition HistoryThe jar has been on display in the Ceramics Study Room since it was first lent.
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