Covered Jar
Artist
Mark Hewitt
(American, 1955-)
Manufacturer
W.M. Hewitt Pottery
CultureAmerican
Date1993
MediumSalt glazed stoneware
DimensionsOverall: 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number93.22.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a covered jar of wood fired, salt glazed stoneware with glass runs and manganese and iron drips. It is a tall bulbous jar with four applied handles near top of pot. A "crimped" band around jar near top. Brown stoneware with colored glass runs form cover and handles in blue. Black manganese and iron drips down sides of pot.Label TextW. Mark Hewitt English/American (b. 1955), Stoke-on-Trent Covered Jar, 1993 Salt glazed stoneware Museum Purchase 93.22.l a-b W. Mark Hewitt is a transplanted Englishman who works in North Carolina, where he has given the local folk art tradition his own sophisticated twist. He probably has the largest wood-fired kiln in North Carolina, firing some 2,000 ceramics at a time. His work has been added not only to the Museum's collection, but to many local private collections as well. His work is the subject of a major exhibition currently being organized by North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Edited By: GLYExhibition History"Southern Pottery from the Collection of The Chrysler Museum", Norfolk, VA, March 3/4 - May 29, 1994. "Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25, 1996 - February 16, 1997 "Mark Hewitt, Potter," North Carolina State University, Visual Arts Center, October 16 - December 7, 1997. Published ReferencesCharles Millard, et al., "Mark Hewitt: Potter," FOUNDATIONS GALLERY VISUAL ARTS CENTER NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, (Raleigh, NC, 1997), VI, 23, 65.
