(Edgefield, South Carolina, Washington County, Georgia, and Texas,1820-1855) circa 1820, light tan alkaline glaze, tapered ovoid form, applied high arch strap handle at shoulder, collared spout with tooled rim, unsigned, 12 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. 121, cat. no. 191, Burrison writes, "Such Edgefield style jugs were made in large numbers at the Cogburn shop, based on archaeological remains at the sight. By 1850 Cogburn and his family had moved to Texas, where they continued to make pottery."

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 4, center of book, cat. no. 191