Milligan Frazier
Jar

MakerAmerican, c. 1848–after 1910, active c. 1885–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jar
Datec. 1885–1910
Made inMims Chapel, Texas, United States
MediumAlkaline-glazed stoneware
Dimensions12 × 4 3/4 in. diameter (30.5 × 12.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2012.51
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Originally from Louisiana, Milligan Frazier made pottery on demand in Mims Chapel, Marion County, in addition to working as a farmhand. Wares attributed to Frazier often have a dark, streaky glaze, the result of a mixture that included ground glass and sand. Frazier was enslaved by iron furnace and pottery owner Jefferson S. Nash for a short period of time near the end of the Civil War and may have continued to work for Nash after emancipation. It is not known how long Nash’s pottery was in operation or if Frazier made pottery for him; he may have worked at Nash’s iron foundry and furnace, or in some other capacity.

This tall, narrow jar has proportions more like those of a butter churn, but not the capacity.


Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2003; given to MFAH, 2012.
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