circa late 19th century, all three with variations on paint rock glaze, pitcher attributed to Henry Doss Marshall, a black, yellowish and brown mottled glaze, wide base, tapered neck with incised line, curved strap handle stamped "HD", flared rim, pulled spout, 8-1/2 in.; beanpot, runny brown alkaline "hares fur" pattern glaze, ovoid tapered form, applied looping strap handles, flared rim, lid shelf, 7-1/2 in.; storage jar, runny mottled yellow and green alkaline glaze, ovoid form, applied slab handles at shoulder right next to flared neck, 12-1/2 in.
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
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: Brothers in Clay: The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 1983, pg.139, photo 77, read pgs. 138 and 139 for more info on paint rock glazes
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From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
glaze voids and anomalies as made, minor surface abrasions and wear, pitcher with two 3/4 in. rim chips and other smaller rim chips, chip to edge of handle, minor clay body frits, jar with two 1/2 in. rim chips and two smaller chips, clay burn out on neck, bean pot with 5/8 in. rim chip and other smaller chips with rim wear, two chips under base edge