American Art Cream Pitcher Made in Seagrove, North Carolina, United States, North and Central Americac. 1930 Made by Ben Owen, American, active 1923 - 1947, at Jugtown Pottery, Seagrove, North Carolina, 1922 - present. Glazed stoneware Currently not on view 1987-41-32 Bequest of F. Hesketh Wertham, 1987 |
LabelIn search of new markets, potters from Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia migrated to the Piedmont region of North Carolina, where rich desposits of clay were discovered in the early nineteenth century. They produced traditional forms and continued to use wood-fired kilns into the twentieth century. The Jugtown Pottery represents one of the last of these traditional potteries still producing wares in the South. |
