Hunt Pottery First Site
Pitcher

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Pitcher

Datec. 1889–1900

Made inTexas, United States

MediumSlip-glazed stoneware

Dimensions10 1/8 × 6 in. diameter (25.7 × 15.2 cm)

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

Object numberB.2012.153

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ceramics Study Room

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

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, 2002; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

unmarked

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