Two subjects that are in the national news right now....
1) The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has returned stoneware made by the enslaved Edgefield, South Carolina potter Dave Drake (ca. 1800-1873) to his heirs, where I suspect this partially stemmed from the recent exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the MFA, titled, "Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Edgefield, South Carolina."
Quick story I was at the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. a few years ago working on a book and the curator told me that some of Dave's heirs visited the museum and they began to cry because it was so emotional for them to see and touch his work.
2) The McKissick Museum is closing at the University of South Carolina, which was the subject of a cover story I wrote, titled, "Thomas Chandler's Pottery Production: McKissick Museum Of The University Of South Carolina Holds Innovative Exhibition.
Nonetheless, in Volume II of my forthcoming two-volume, nearly 1,400 page, tenth book, titled, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, South Danvers, Peabody and Salem, Massachusetts, there are two sections at the end that identify southern pottery from the 1800s and early 1900s found in early contexts in the north, including a face jug from Edgefield owned by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, etc. Also shown is a stoneware jug that I found with my niece a few years ago in Boston, which may have ties to Dave Drake early production in Edgefield, marked with an inscribed "X" or a cross.
Note: Here are two articles that I posted to this website about the Hear Me Now exhibit when it was displayed in New York City and Boston:
MET Article: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2022/12/now-on-display-at-met-in-new-york-city.html
MFA, Boston Article: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2023/03/now-on-display-at-mfa-boston-hear-me.html
Here is also an article about the exhibit at the McKissick Museum: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2019/07/swag-and-tassel-innovative-stoneware-of.html
Some Info About South Carolina Pottery
My Niece Alexis Holding an Early Edgefield, South Carolina Stoneware Jug Found in Boston
Possibly Related to Dave Drake's Production
Marked with an "X" or a Cross
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Another View of the Jug
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My Nephew at the McKissick Museum in 2019
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Feature Story Written About the McKissick Museum Exhibit in 2019
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Feature Story Written About the McKissick Museum Exhibit in 2019
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Feature Story Written About the McKissick Museum Exhibit in 2019
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