Columbia, Richland County, S.C., circa 1870s, pipe-sagger fragment and two smoking pipes, salt glaze, 7 x 10-1/2 x 7 in. overall

Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 117, cat. nos. 151-153, Burrison writes “Saggers are clay boxes used for firing delicate wares; their perforated sides protected from flames but another the glazing vapor from salt thrown in the kiln. Salt glazing was rare in South Carolina, but alkaline glazes were also used at this shop, which has not been identified. The “elbow” pipes, which would have been fitted with homemade reed stem, are “wasters,” or defective discards, warped or scarred where stuck to the sagger.”

Illustrated: Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 54, description on pg. 117, cat. nos. 151-153;

attributed to the Dorsey Family, Mossy Creek, White County, Georgia, circa late 1800s, pipe mold, lead and wood

Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 117, cat. no. 150, Burrison writes "This two piece mold was used to make smoking pipes. The bowls and neck collars were hollowed with separate reamers.";

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

Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia