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Title |
Guadalupe Pottery, ca. 1857 - 1869. (Artisan or Artist entry) |
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Name Variations |
Guadalupe Pottery Co. ; Guadalupe Pottery Company. ; Wilson First Site. |
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Occupation(s) |
Potters |
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Associated Dates |
active ca. 1857 - 1869 |
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Associated Places |
Capote (Guadalupe County, Tex.) ; Seguin (Guadalupe County, Tex.) ; Mecklenberg County (N.C.) |
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Associated Artisans or Artists |
Chandler, John, b. ca. 1830. ; Durham, Marion J., b. ca. 1836. ; Wilson, Hiram, ca. 1836 - 1884. ; Wilson, James, b. ca. 1847. ; Wilson, John McKamey, 1808 - 1881. ; Wilson, Wallace, b. ca. 1845. |
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Associated Corporations or Organizations |
H. Wilson and Company, ca. 1869 - 1884. |
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Artisan or Artist (subject) |
Guadalupe Pottery. |
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Category |
African American artisans and artists |
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Hill Texas Archive Research Notes |
Founded by John M. Wilson, took on partner Marion J. Durham after the Civil War. By 1869, Wilson had sold all his interest in the company to Durham. Wilson's slaves were the potters, two of whom were trained in the craft, Hyram and James. After the war, it is believed that Isaac Suttles was employed as one of the potters. Much of the work at the Guadalupe Pottery was conducted by slaves and emancipated African-Americans. Both salt-glazing and alkaline-glazing took place in this pottery, which supplied stoneware to a wide area of central Texas. |
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Source References |
Brown, Michael K. The Wilson Potters: An African-American Experience in 19th-Century Texas. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002. |
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Online Resources |
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/pkwvk |
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Rights |
For more information, contact texasartisans@mfah.org |
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Records related to this Artisan or Artist |
http://texasartisans.mfah.org/cdm/search/searchterm/AI-00047/field/identi/mode/all/conn/and/ |
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Artisan or Artist Identifier |
AI-00047 |
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Identifier |
AI-00047 |
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Date created |
2014-09-11 |
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Date modified |
2015-09-01 |
