24 April 2009

churning

I've been meaning to update for six weeks or so, because I bought a churn.

I made a trip to the Pickens jockey lot and found this piece. The price was right, so I picked it up:


I'm not in any way expert on this sort of thing, but my guess is that it's from Georgia. Looks like an Albany slip glaze, so probably 1890s to 1940s (and almost certainly the later end of that range).


There's a pretty large ding out of the rim, and there's some sloppy glazing at the top. There are quite a few minor odditites, but it's in good shape overall. The clay is very soft, almost like eathenware. Reminds me a bit of Lizella clay, since it doesn't seem to be really vitrified.


I bought it because I thought it was pretty cool. I don't think it's particularly collectible, but it's nice to have a piece of semi-local history around the workshop.