Cogburn Pottery
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MakerPossibly Cogburn Pottery(American, active c. 1848–1857 or later)American, active c. 1848–1857 or later

CultureAmerican

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Datec. 1850–1863

Made inTexas, United States

MediumAlkaline-glazed stoneware

Dimensions14 1/8 × 10 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (35.9 × 26.7 × 23.5 cm)

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

Object numberB.2012.134

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Bayou Bend

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DescriptionThe 1850 manufacturing census recorded the Cogburn Pottery at Chalk Hill in Rusk County, Texas, owned by Tomlinson Cogburn, whose father, Cyrus Cogburn, had learned the potter’s trade in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. At that time, Tomlinson Cogburn employed two workers at twenty-five dollars per month each, though enslaved workers would have provided additional labor.
Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2003; given to MFAH, 2012.

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