Taylor Brown Pottery
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Maker Taylor Brown Pottery(American, active by 1860–c.1883)American, active by 1860–c.1883

CultureAmerican

Titles

Datec. by 1860–1883

Made inHenderson, Texas, United States

MediumAlkaline-glazed stoneware with manganese runs

Dimensions14 1/8 × 9 1/4 in. diameter (35.9 × 23.5 cm)

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

Object numberB.2012.99

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Texas Alcove And Hall

On view

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Bayou Bend

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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.
ProvenanceDr. Georgeanna Herman Greer (1922–1992); Estate of Dr. Georgeanna Herman Greer; consigned to [Harmer Rooke Galleries, New York, November 18, 1992, lot 513]; ...; [John St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2006; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Strip of white paint on bottom with faint inscription: T/RB1 [Object ID, Georgeanna Greer Collection]

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