James W. Allen
Jar

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jar
Datec. 1855–1881
Made inTexas, United States
MediumAlkaline-glazed stoneware
Dimensions10 1/8 × 7 in. diameter (25.7 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2012.133
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionJames Allen was born in 1825 in Georgia or Alabama and moved to Texas about 1855. He was a son-in-law to Matthew Duncan and worked in Duncan’s Bastrop County, Texas, pottery and later on his own in northern Bastrop County or adjacent Lee County.
ProvenanceDr. Georgeanna Herman Greer (1922–1992); [Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2004; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black on white paint, under base: Tba A-2 [object ID, Georgeanna Greer Collection]
[no marks]

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