Ezekiel Dougherty, a 19th Century Potter Born in Baltimore, Later Working in Tennessee and Virginia

I recently wrote about this nineteenth century red earthenware pitcher, decorated with an English mochaware seaweed like design, and inscribed on the base, "E D." It sold last weekend at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates sale in Mount Crawford, Virginia. I also wrote that I have seen other pieces with variations of this mark found in American contexts, although, I have never been able to determine a true origin.

Interestingly, though, after I wrote that article, I learned from a private southern collector that a small group of these marked pieces have turned up throughout the years in the east Tennessee and southwest Virginia area. In fact, the majority of the marked pieces that I know about today have been found in this area. I was also told that there was a red earthenware potter who worked in this area by the name of Ezekiel Dougherty (1791-1868); he was born in Baltimore, but the majority of his life was spent in Tennessee in Virginia. There is very little known about his career as a potter today; however, I thought his name is worth mentioning in case someone reading this post knows more about him.

* Ezekiel Dougherty, born March 20, 1791, Baltimore; died January 1868

* Born in Baltimore, lived in both northeast Tennessee and and southwest Virginia

* Dougherty, Ezekiel, T. (b. Baltimore, Maryland, 1791). Living  in Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1831; Grainger County, Tennessee, 1844; Russell County, Virginia, 1850.

Russell County, Virginia listed in the 1850 Federal Census

191	Ezekiel T. Daugherty	59		Potter (1,000)	Baltimore
	(w) Mary	45			Wythe Co., VA
	(s) Andrew	19			Claiborne Co., Tenn.
	(d) Ruth	17			Tennessee
	(d) Mary	14			Tennessee
	(s) Ezekiel T.	10			Tennessee
	(s) James Daugherty	9			Tennessee
	(d) Martha	6			Grainger Co., Tenn.

 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Marked on the Base "E D"

Stands 9 1/2" Tall

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View of the  Base with the "E D" Mark

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