Jug
David Drake (Dave the Potter), American, 1800/01 - 1870s, Possibly made at the John or Abner Landrum Potteries, Horse Creek Valley or Pottersville, Edgefield District, South Carolina
about 1825-1840
Stoneware with a light, grayish-green alkaline glaze
Overall: 14 1/2 × 8 11/16 × 8 1/4 in. (36.8 × 22 × 21 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede 1929 Fund
2016.57
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Pottery
Classification
Decorative Arts
On view
Inscription
Signed (incised), on shoulder: Dave; impressed, near base: c [rotated on its end]
Course History
HIST 9.01, America: From Invasion to Independence, Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2019
ENGL 52.3, AAAS 82.5, COCO 3.1, Dave the Potter: Slavery Between Pots and Poems, Michael Chaney, Spring 2017
Exhibition History
American Art, Colonial to Modern, Israel Sack Gallery and Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-August 16, 2020.
Publication History
John R. Stomberg, The Hood Now: Art and Inquiry at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019, p. 112, ill. plate no. 43.
Provenance
Private collection, dates unknown; Crocker Farm, Inc., Stoneware Auction, lot no. 441, Sparks, Maryland, October 22, 2016; sold to present collection, 2016.
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