Herty pots were used to collect turpentine from pine trees. The Southeast used to be covered with longleaf and loblolly pine forest. The entire tree was harvested, both for timber and to extract pine resin. Charles Herty was a chemist at the University of Georgia and he realized that the Southern forests were being destroyed really quickly by this whole harvesting process. He devised a system for tapping the pine trees to collect the resin to be turned into pitch for sailing vessels. A V-shaped notch would be cut in the pine bark and then put these little clay pots underneath them to catch the pine resin.
Approximate size: 7" tall and 5 3/4" diameter
Weight: 2 1/2 lbs.
Condition: small chips on rim, pine sap hardened inside
Early 1900's Herty Pot
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