MakerAttributed to
T. B. Odom Pottery Co. (American, c. 1875)American, c. 1875
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Churn
Datec. 1875
Made inTexas, United States
MediumAlkaline-glazed stoneware
Dimensions15 3/4 × 9 in. diameter (40 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2012.170
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Ceramics Study Room
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Thomas Bennett Odom was born in 1834 in Georgia and was in Upshur County, Texas, by 1875. Census records for 1880 note him as a potter in that county. He may have been associated with or a partner of Thomas Cranfield.
A butter churn was taller and narrower than a storage jar of the same capacity. This allowed for more efficient motion of the dasher (agitator) through the cream, agitating it to cause the fat particles to come together as butter.
Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2003; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Impressed number: 3 approx. 2" from the top rim
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