Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Coffee Canister

USA, 1900
Date acquired:
Materials:
Stoneware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown, 9th generation potter, is known for wheel thrown functional pottery including stoneware face jugs. Steeped in the southern pottery tradition, his glazes consist of Albany slip, Bristol and ash glazes, and traditional combination of cobalt stain and white glaze.

His father, Horace ?Jug? Brown, moved the family to Lamar County, Alabama, opening a pottery shop in 1941. Brown learned how to work clay in his father?s studio. Throughout his professional career Brown created pottery using local stoneware clay from Hamilton Alabama.

Throughout his career, Brown created his clay arts using local traditions. In his pottery shop wheels were powered by automobile engines, the local stoneware clay he dug was processed with his mule, Blue, using a ?mule mill? (not to be confused with a pug mill or clay mixer), and his work was fired mainly using local wood to fuel his ground ?hog kiln? to 2,350? F. Brown?s work can be found in museums and institutions. The pottery continues on as a family pottery (2017).

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