(Catawba Valley, North Carolina, circa 1870s) likely attributed to Henry Hike Heavner or R.P. Heavner, olive green alkaline glaze, multiple creamy green glass melt runs with rutile highlights down from two applied ridged strap handles, collared neck with wide flared spout, 16-1/2 in. with wooden stopper

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

Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 128, cat. no. 274, Burrison writes, "North Carolina Potters used this simple yet effective decorative technique of placing broken bottle glass on handles and rims before firing, which melted in runs which contrast the glaze."

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: Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, color plate 7, center of the book, cat. no. 274