Matthew Duncan
Jar

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MakerAttributed to Matthew DuncanAmerican, c.1796–after 1881

Maker Randolph FactoryAmerican, active 1855–1881

CultureAmerican

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Datec. 1855–1879

Made inTexas, United States

MediumAlkaline-glazed stoneware

Dimensions13 3/4 × 9 in. diameter (34.9 × 22.9 cm)

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

Object numberB.2012.136

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Bayou Bend

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DescriptionMatthew Duncan was born in 1796 in Edgefield, South Carolina, and came to Bastrop County, Texas, from Randolph County, Alabama, and with his son George and son-in-law John W. Chandler petitioned in 1854 for land to establish a pottery. He called the enterprise Randolph Factory. [Check entry in Brackner Alabama Folk Pottery]
Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 1998; given to MFAH, 2012.
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