(Crawford County, Georgia, circa late 19th century) larger cream pot with runny green alkaline glaze, some paint rock coloring at back, tapered body, two applied strap handles at sides of shoulder, one stamped "BB" the other stamped "2", collared rim, down pulled spout, 8-1/4 x 13 in; smaller pitcher form with runny green alkaline glaze, tapered body with strap handle at back, collared rim, down pulled spout, 6 x 10-1/4 in.
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
Illustrated: Brothers in Clay: The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 1983, pg. 64 figure 32, pg. 151 figure 85, far right
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From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
glaze voids and anomalies as made, surface wear and abrasions, minor glaze frits and wear, cream pot with 1 in. and 3/4 in. rim chip, tiny frit to spout, 3 in. hairline to lower body below spout with an associated 4 in. hairline above base edge, cream pitcher with 1-1/4 and 3/4 in., rim chips, spout with 1 in., chip and other small chips, large abraded area below spout from pouring, base edge wear with small chips