churn, light olive green speckled alkaline glaze, two looping tail strap handles to one side, lug handle to the other, stamped five near upper strap handle, incised line at shoulder, collared rim, lid shelf, circa 1900, 18 in.; tall storage jar, salt glaze exterior, green alkaline glaze interior, thick applied tailed strap handles at shoulders, inscribed "5" at shoulder and incised line, flared rim, lid ledge, attributed to the Boggs family, late 1800s, 18-3/4 in.; salt glaze over Albany slip glazed jug, "bullet" form, tight strap handle from shoulder to short straight spout, incised line at shoulder, late 1800s, 13-1/2 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. 129, cat. no. 281, Burrison writes, "The second loop handle near the bottom to help facilitate emptying is characteristic of Alabama churns", for cat. no. 282, Burrison writes, "This pieces displays an unusual glaze combination used by some Alabama potters", and for cat. no. 283, Burrison writes, "The continuous 'bombshell' slope from neck to shoulder is typical of later Alabama jugs."

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 8, center of book, cat. nos. 281, 282, and 283