Vintage Texas Paintings carries an assortment of fine antiques. However we specialize in more artistic works such as Harding Black pottery, San Jose Tile, and rare Texas Utilitarian pottery. Please view our assortment below and contact us if you have any questions.
Rare and Outstanding One/Half-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug, Stamped “J.R,” Joseph Clifford Demerval "Cliff" Rushton, Rusk County, TX, circa 1873-1900, . Impressed “J.R,” for potter, Joseph C.D. Rushton (1841-1909). This jug displays one of the finest alkaline glazes that we have seen on an example of Southern stoneware. Awareness of Texas’s rich potting history has increased in recent years, in part due to the 2015 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston exhibit and corresponding publication, “Texas Clay: 19th-Century Pottery from the Bayou Bend Collection.” When put into proper context, many of Texas’s stoneware potteries can be viewed as an extension of the Edgefield, SC tradition as several of its major potting families began their careers in Edgefield, eventually traveling westward to Alabama and ultimately establishing shops in Texas. These included the Cogburns, the Prothros, the Duncans, the Leopards, and the Rushtons.. According to Southern ceramics scholar, Joey Brackner, Rushton's father, Joseph Clifford Rushton (1810-1868), learned the potter's trade in Edgefield, SC, before establishing a pottery circa 1834 in the community of Cedric, located on the border of Chambers and Randolph counties, Alabama. He potted there with his son, Clifford, the jug's maker, until his death in 1868. Clifford Rushton moved to Texas due to his father's death and the arrival of Reconstruction, potting in Rusk County until his death in 1909. For more information on the Rushton family of potters, see Brackner, "The Shaping of Texas Pottery. . ." in Texas Clay. Combining a beautiful glaze, desirable form, and rare maker's mark, this object is among the finest examples of Texas stoneware to come to market in many years. <br>Seargent<br>Utilitarian Stoneware<br>
Although this piece is marked with an 8. It looks more like a 6 1/2 to 7 gallon size. Still the largest one I have owned or seen. I had a 6 gallon a few years ago.<br><br><br>
Set of 12 matching Chairs Mortised & Pegged construction
These are exact copies of the 1800s Texas Biedermeier handmade Chairs. Impossible to find a set of originals much less even one. When Gerald made these in 1971 with the help of old school craftsmen. <br>Hand Crafted the same way they were made back in the day. Mortised and Pegged
The photo of the top appears rectangular, but the top is square.
Antique Texas Handmade Furniture Original Finish. The top has the original faux finish. The legs are the original finish as well. We have not cleaned or oiled the table as of yet.<br><br><br><br>
Rusk County, Texas Pottery Stoneware. I have only seen one of these in person and here it is. These are Rare.<br>JR Joseph Rushton's son in law.