(Mossy Creek, White County, Georgia, circa 1850) brown and runny green alkaline ash glaze, tan, green and yellow glass melt runs down from handles to base edge on one side of jar, thick ridged applied strap handles, incised five line decoration at shoulder, tapered collared spout, 19-1/2 in.

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. 125, cat. no. 243, Burrison writes, "Virginia born Fredrick Davidson migrated through the Carolinas and was at mossy creek by the 1820, four of his sons became potters. Melted glass decoration is rare outside North Carolina but is found on a few Mossy Creek examples, pointing to the North Carolina background of these potters."

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 5, middle of book, cat. no. 243 and From Mud To Jug; The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia, John Burrison, The University of Georgia Press, 2010, pg. 10, top left photo