southern milk pail, salt glaze exterior, Albany slip glazed interior, incised line at shoulder, flat rim, chatter marks to body, possibly Georgia, Alabama, or Tennessee, 9-3/4 in.; pitcher, salt glazed exterior, Albany slip glazed interior, high arch looping strap handle, collared rim, possibly Putnam County, TN, 9-3/4 in.; cylindrical grave marker, partially unglazed, Albany slip glazed top, Inscribed "Luther Wilson" in glaze, hole in bottom, 7-1/2 in.; pets dish, clear fly ash glaze exterior, unglazed interior, 2 x 7in., grave marker and pets dish made by Gerald Stewart, Louisville, Mississippi, circa 1970s
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
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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, milk pail with 4 in. rim loss, rim wear, surface abrasions, several large firing anomalies to glaze, kiln debris, chip to rim edge, chip to interior rim, chips to clay body, pitcher with two glaze frits to spout, multicolor clay on base, grave marker with chip to glaze at shoulder edge, pet dish with rough interior, as made condition