On the Shoulders of Georgeanna Greer

On the Shoulders of Georgeanna Greer

Georgeanna Greer

This post celebrates the Texas Stoneware Collection and the scholarship of Dr. Georgenna Greer.

The Wilson Pottery Sites were dormant for half a century except for looters. Rediscovery dates for the sites are unclear, but a network of Antique Dealers/Collectors all point to the same source, Dr. Georgeanna H. Greer, the author of American Stonewares: The Art and Craft of Utilitarian Potters. Greer writes, 

“Ten years of working at throwing pots upon a wheel has brought me to the realization that this was a much more difficult craft than it had first appeared. I then understood that those who toy with this craft late in life are rank amateurs when compared with the craftsmen who made it their means of livelihood.”

In Helen Thompson’s article Going, Going Gone, published in TexasMonthly Magazine, 1992, she credits Dr. Greer with discovering the H. Wilson & Co. Pottery Site, she stated:

She roamed … rural Texas, and pieced together the shards of a forgotten history. In Texas her discovery of the Wilson pottery (a pre–Civil War enterprise in Seguin run by a family of slaves)…

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/going-going-gone/ (Accessed May 11, 2019)

Dr. Georgeanna Greeer

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Helen Thompson’s article Going, Going Gone, published in TexasMonthly Magazine, 1992,Helen Thompson’s article Going, Going Gone, published in TexasMonthly Magazine, 1992,

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1857-1903: Production Years of the three Wilson Pottery Sites.

Earline M. Green

Geogreanna Greer

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Texas Stoneware Pottery

Stoneware Pottery

The Capote Community near Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas