Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Bowl, Covered |
Catalog Number |
1996.53.8 |
Maker |
Bybee Pottery; Cornelison, Ernest |
Date |
ca. 1950 |
Material(s) |
Ceramic |
Dimensions |
H-2.625 W-7 D-6.125 inches |
Description |
This is a mottled orange-brown glazed hand-thrown bowl (Part A) with lid (Part B). The sides flare outward to a heavy rim. There are two applied handles in the same plane as the rim. There is an internal shelf for the lid. The lid is concave with an irregularly applied loop handle on the top. |
Notes |
Made by the Cornelison Family around 1940 at their pottery in Bybee in Madison County, the oldest continously operated pottery west of the Appalachian Mountains. The pottery was open by 1845 and possibly as early as 1809. The donor's mother, Ida Chaney Alcorn, sold Bybee pottery from her home on Route 60 east of Louisville from the late 1920s through the 1950s. The donor referred to this color as "Bybee Yellow." |
Collection |
Alma Alcorn Baldauf Collection |
People |
Cornelison, Ernest Bybee Pottery Limoges, Alma Alcorn |
Subjects |
Pottery |
Search Terms |
Louisville (Ky.) Bybee (Ky.) Madison County (Ky.) Bybee Pottery |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |