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Brown bodied salt glaze stoneware pitcher with incised bird with small x-shaped marks in front the of the bird’s beak, resembling insects. Vessel also marked with an incised and stylized “2” for a two gallon capacity mark. The decoration on this vessel has been attributed to the workshop of Chester Webster (1799 -1882). Webster came to Fayetteville, North Carolina to make pottery around 1830. By 1840, he was in Randolph County and working for potters Solomon and B. Y. Craven. This vessel is believed to date to the 1840s or 1850s, based on the color and decorative style (Hatch et al. 2017: 84).

 

 

 

 

Brown bodied salt glaze stoneware pitcher with incised bird with small x-shaped marks in front the of the bird’s beak, resembling insects. Vessel also marked with an incised and stylized “2” for a two gallon capacity mark. The decoration on this vessel has been attributed to the workshop of Chester Webster (1799 -1882). Webster came to Fayetteville, North Carolina to make pottery around 1830. By 1840, he was in Randolph County and working for potters Solomon and B. Y. Craven. This vessel is believed to date to the 1840s or 1850s, based on the color and decorative style (Hatch et al. 2017: 84).

31Rd1426 Squirrel Creek