Hunt Pottery First Site
Jar

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MakerAttributed to Hunt Pottery First Site(American, active c. 1889–1900)American, active c. 1889–1900

CultureAmerican

Titles

Jar
Bowl

Datec. 1889–1900

Made inTexas, United States

MediumSlip-glazed stoneware

Dimensions7 1/8 × 9 5/8 × 9 in. (18.1 × 24.4 × 22.9 cm)

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

Object numberB.2012.150

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Bayou Bend

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CERAMICS

DescriptionJohn Fleming Hunt operated the Rusk County, Texas, site from approximately 1889 to 1900. Hunt may have learned the trade from Alexander “Ellick” Brown, who was formerly enslaved at the Taylor Brown pottery.
Provenance[Jon St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2003; given to MFAH, 2012.

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