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Jar
Dave (later recorded as David Drake) (American, about 1800–about 1870)
1857
Object Place: Edgefield District, South Carolina
Medium/Technique
Stoneware with alkaline glaze
Dimensions
Overall: 35.6 x 38.1 cm (14 x 15 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection—Frank B. Bemis Fund, Charles H. Bayley Fund, and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection
Accession Number2011.1806
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
DescriptionLarge splotches of glaze with many areas of stoneware left unglazed. Glaze did not adhere to the jar. Rim repair: 2 inches long, 1 inch deep.
Signed
"Lm / September • 22 • 1857 / Dave"
Marks
Two slashes and four punctates (dots)
Provenance1857, created under conditions of slavery by Dave (later David Drake, b. about 1800 – d. about 1870) at the Stony Bluff Manufactory for Lewis J. Miles Pottery, and sold to benefit his enslaver, Lewis Miles (b. 1808 - d. 1868), Edgefield, SC. 1987, sold by James Williams (b. 1930 - d. 1990), Savannah, GA, to Tony L. Shank, Marion, SC; 1997, sold by Tony Shank to John Axelrod, Boston; 2011, sold by John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2011)