(Crawford County, Georgia, 1835-1918) circa 1870s, runny mottled black and green alkaline lime glaze with some paint rock coloring, beehive whisky jug form, stamped "WB" on wide ridged strap handle from shoulder to neck, tapered spout with flared rim, 9-1/4 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. 121, cat. no. 198, Burrison writes, "Beehive shaped jugs are a distinctive Crawford County form. Wash Becham's jugs typically have a flared mouth and wide upper handle embracing the neck."
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. 145, plate 80, right side
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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, surface abrasions and minor glaze frits throughout, wear and minor chips to glaze at base edge, possible 1 in. restoration to glaze at base edge