John Lewis Stone
Figure of a Spaniel

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Figure of a Spaniel
Datec. 1870–1880
Made inTexas, United States
MediumStoneware
Dimensions11 × 4 1/8 × 10 3/4 in. (27.9 × 10.5 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Thomas A. Bres, Scott Gieselman, Scott Holstead, Garrett Kobs, Bill Miller, Kenneth Moffet, Eric Mullins, Jeffrey Paine, Neil Stone, and Langston Turner in honor of Tom Roupe at "One Great Night in November, 2002"
Object numberB.2002.29
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Kilroy Center
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description


John Lewis Stone was born in Kentucky and learned the potter’s trade at Cornwall and Wallace Kirkpatrick’s Anna Pottery in Anna, Illinois, famous for its snake-covered, so-called temperance jugs. Stone came to Texas and managed William Knox’s pottery at Oletha in Limestone County; he also worked for the pottery’s subsequent owner, John Fowler, until 1875.



Incised with his initials, J. L. S., this spaniel was a popular form throughout the 1800s. Ultimately, it was inspired by the famous Staffordshire spaniels or by an American version of them. By contrast to its British and American counterparts, Stone's figure is not molded but sculpted entirely by hand.


Provenance[Jon St. Clair Antiques, Austin]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Incised with "J. L. S." on the front of the base.

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