Hunt Pottery First Site
Pitcher

Pitcher

Public Domain

Pitcher
MakerAmerican, active c. 1889–1900
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pitcher
Datec. 1889–1900
Made inTexas, United States
MediumSlip-glazed stoneware
Dimensions6 × 4 1/2 in. diameter (15.2 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2012.156
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
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, 2008; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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