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Pot (Cake or butter pot, crock)
Trapp and Chandler Factory, Thomas Chandler
1850-1852
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Trapp and Chandler Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Edgefield; South Carolina; Edgefield; South; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (ash- or alkaline-glazed)
- Alkaline glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0013
Credit Line/Donor
Museum Purchase
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Object Number
2000.0013
Object Name
Pot (Cake or butter pot, crock)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Trapp and Chandler Factory (Maker); Thomas Chandler (Maker)
Place of Origin
Edgefield; South Carolina; Edgefield; South; United States; North America
Date
1850-1852
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Under handle
Inscription: Impressed "CHANDLER"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- African American maker
- Slavery
- Black American
Materials
- Stoneware (ash- or alkaline-glazed)
- Alkaline glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
- Hand modeled
- Stamped (impressed)
Dimensions (inches)
8.465 (H) x 11.319 (L) x 9.193 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
21.5 (H) x 28.75 (L) x 23.35 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Brown, Michael K. 2002 The Wilson Potters: An African-American Enterprise in 19th-Century Texas.
• Similarly-decorated (looped, trailed glaze) jar signed by "Chandler/Maker" illustrated in p. 6, fig. 4.Article: Spinozzi, Adrienne. 10//2022 The Origins of Edgefield Pottery. Antiques. CLXXXIX (No. 5): 64-73.
• Article on Edgefield SC ceramicsCatalogue: Crocker Farm, Inc. Crocker Farm Auction Catalogue.
• Cylindrical and ovoid Chandler crocks with slip borders: Winter 2025 sale, Carol Carpenter Wahler coll., lot 112 (cylindrical) impressed "CHANDLER / MAKER," Thomas Chandler, c. 1850, with creem slip ornament; lot 113 (ovoid), attrib. to Trapp and Chandler Pottery, c. 1848-50, with decoration as on Winterthur example. For further crocks, see lots 114-16.