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Virginia stoneware jar, William T. Wooton

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Rare signed Washington County, Virginia stoneware jar, "William T. Wooton". Albany-type slip covers the jar. This jar was exhibited in the "Legacy in Clay: Pottery of Washington County, Virginia" 2005 exhibit, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA. The jar is also illustrated in the "Legacy in Clay" museum exhibit catalog (Note: the middle initial for Wooton was printed as "J" instead of "T" in the catalog). Condition - excellent, no chips, cracks, or repairs. 8 1/4" height. Fourth quarter of the 19th century. William T. Wooton (1864 -1902 VA) was the son of potter James T. b. 1827 NC and Charity Ann Harris and the grandson of the first known Virginia Wooton/Wooten potter, Jehu (John) Wooton b. 1803 NC and Francis Vestal. Three of William's brothers moved to Iowa, one of them, John Raymond b. 1851 potted in Tennessee for a short time. A flower pot, which JR made in Tennessee, was exhibited in the Great Road Style exhibit at the William King Regional Arts Center 1999-2000, Abingdon, VA . In the 1880 census for Washington Co. VA William T. is found in the household of his brother James Alexander b.1849, a potter. (See image below.) William's occupation reads "works in Pottery". On his 1893 register of marriage to Nannie Pippin, William calls himself a potter. Only two signed pieces of his pottery have been recorded; a jug incised W. T. Wooton and this canning jar. (see Potters on the Holston, prepared by C. Espenshade, 2002). Research courtesy Carole Wahler.

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