stoneware elixir dispenser, attributed to Charles or L. Farrell Craven, Moore or Chatham County, NC, circa 1930s, salt glaze, round form, thick strap handle on shoulder, tapered spout, 8 x 9 in.; lead glazed earthenware dish, circa early 1800s, possibly Alamance County, angled wall, flat bottom, 2-1/4 x 10-1/4 in.; lidded sugar jar, earthenware, three color slip decoration, strap handles, lid with knob finial, stamped on base "Westmoore Pottery 1993", Seagrove, Moore County, NC, 10-1/4 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. 127, cat. no. 269, Burrison writes, "This is a reproduction of a late 1700s Moravian piece by Rudolph Christ of Salem. David and his wife, Mary Livingston Farrell, apprenticed at the Jugtown Pottery in the 1970s before opening Westmoore Pottery, where they specialize in interpretations of historic American and European wares". For the elixir dispenser, pg. 114, cat. no. 103, Burrison writes, "This stoneware container was made without a lid so the mixture of roots, rock candy and whiskey could be shaken without spilling".

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 6, center of book, cat. no. 269