Edgefield District, South Carolina, circa mid 1800s, possibly attributed to Lewis Miles, mottled brown alkaline glaze, creamy white glaze runs, wide based form, three tooled grooves to mid body of jar, two slash marks at shoulder, two applied arched lug handles at opposing shoulders, collared neck, flared rim, lid ledge, 11-3/4 in.

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

Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 120, cat. no. 185, Burrison writes, "Because of hard usage inherent in churning, surviving ealy pottery churns are uncommon. The deep midsection grooves from this small example, perhaps from Lewis Miles's Aiken County shop, are unusual. The cream colored area may be due to naturally occurring rutile (titanium dioxide) in the clay where the glaze was thicker and didn't fully melt.

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, pg. 57, cat. no. 185