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Rare Texas Stoneware Churn Marked J. Fowler Thornton, Texas

Currency:USD Category:Art / Medium - Pottery Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Rare Texas Stoneware Churn Marked J. Fowler Thornton, Texas
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Rare Stoneware. Texas Pottery. J. Fowler. Thornton, Texas. Limestone County. Three gallon salt glaze churn with cobalt blue stencil "3" "J. Fowler/Thornton/Texas" two applied lug handles, with Albany glaze interior. The fine, white clay mined near Thornton, Texas was used at the pottery from the 1840s to 1912 to make pitchers, jars, crocks, churns, flower pots, and ornamental urns, which were used locally and shopped out of county. In the 1870s the shop, built by Alberry Johnson, was a major industry in Pottersville (later Oletha) Wm. C. Knox later bought the plant and hired J. L. Stone as the chief artisan. John Fowler then became owner and was joined by is son E. J. Fowler about 1900. Men dug Kaolin clay from pits and hauled it to the plant, where mules provided labor to grind the clay to powder and it was fashioned into ceramics. Historically, Kaolin-- still mined today from the deposits nearby-- has been used to make fine porcelain and china. It ranks with gas, oil, and stone as a major commercial resource in Limestone County. H 14" W 9 1/2"
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Condition: Good condition. The churn has a crack on both sides near the handles but remains intact. Few chips on the rim.