Inscription Partially legible date incised on bottom of bowl; appears to read: 1889
Provenance Elcy Alford Moor (born ca. 1834; died July 9, 1898), St. Clair County, Alabama; by descent to the original owner's daughter, Louisa Esther Moor Teaver (1866-1948); by descent to the original owner's granddaughter, Myrtle Teaver Carlisle (1902-1986); by descent to the original owner's great-granddaughter, Phyllis Lee VanderVelde; gift of Phyllis Lee VanderVelde to the Birmingham Museum of Art in memory of her great aunt, Ruth Teaver Thomas (1896-1984) [Deed of gift signed March 27, 2006]