Roark Pottery Company
Jar

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jar
Datec. 1868–1884
Made inTexas, United States
MediumSalt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions9 1/4 × 6 5/8 in. diameter (23.5 × 16.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2012.176
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

James Roark was the son-in-law of Denton County, Texas, potter John Cranston. After working for his in-laws, he established his own shop not long after John Cranston’s death. Like his father-in-law, he sometimes used cobalt slip to decorate his pots, a technique common in the Northeast and Midwest, but rare in Texas. 

This jar bears the impressed mark “ROARK.”


Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2004; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Impressed, in arch on shoulder: ROARK

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