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Ferguson

Apparently, the Fergusons of North Georgia mark(ed) their jugs with a coggle wheel, whatever that is. Looks like a couple dozen pin pricks in a circle.

The Ferguson Family of Gillsville, Georgia has been potting for 7 generations and includes:

Bobby

Mary Ferguson

Stanley

See also:

Ferguson Family Pottery (studio)

References:

https://www.chickenmanart.com/folk-and-outsider/pottery/ferguson-family-pottery/mary-stanley-ferguson-ugly-face-jug-dp1585.html
Holly Hill Pottery

Holly Hill Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina was owned by Richard Gillson.

Known potters at Holly Hill were:

Richard Gillson

Nell Cole Graves

Aaron Britt (A.R.B.) https://www.arbrittpottery.com/

I believe Beau and Tony of Mudd Pottery also worked there..

Here is a 1986 article that establishes Gillson as the same Richard Gillson in Seagrove who was the Seagrove police chief, New Yorker and owner of Holly Hill (which then was a candle shop, apparently): https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-10-05-8603150226-story.html

Here is an article confirming that same Richard Gillson died in January, 2008:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article9007490.html
Cole Pottery on Cox Mill Rd

Pottery in Sanford, NC run by General Foister (G.F.) Cole and his wife Peggy Cole. Known potters there include those 2 and also Dave Cole and also Clarence Truman (C.T.) Cole (various item listings with photos of signed pieces confirm all of these). Would have been founded after GF Cole left the AR Cole shop for South Carolina and returned to Sanford, so relatively late in his career.

Apparently most pottery there was made by G.F. Cole and the next most made by Peggy Cole. GF Cole, Peggy Cole and CT Cole all made face jugs stamped for the Cox Mill Road shop; I've yet to see a face jug from Dave Cole stamped for that shop, but I suspect there are some.

References:

No authoritative sources yet, so far all information picked up second and third hand on auction listings and facebook groups and the like. I hope to find a book or article I can confirm this information on soon.

See also:

Cole Family

Face Jug Artists

North Carolina Potters

North Carolina
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Paul Ray

Seagrove Potter

You can easily be fooled when you find one of his pieces into thinking it is not by him if you stumble onto another piece or piece of information from a different period.

Used to make stoneware and raku. Now makes boldly colored reduction fired stoneware in a propane kiln.

Used to be married to Shiela Allred. Now married to Evelyn Ray.

Used to be located on Cagle Road. Now has a gallery on Main Street.

All of these things are true of Paul Ray at Ray Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina.

Current website: http://raypottery.com
Same website from when he still made Raku: https://web.archive.org/web/20041214090506/http://www.raypottery.com/
Williamsburg Pottery Factory

Impressed WPF is a mark.

There is also a round impressed mark that says Williamsburg Pottery with a VA in the middle.

Seems like there are about a million other marks.

Not sure of what the difference is between those marks.

Decorators also sign their work. One signs TT.

Started by James Maloney as a small pottery studio in 1938. Started with salt glaze reproductions of 18th century stuff. There were some multicolor pieces that looked a lot like Cole stuff.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsburg\_Pottery\_Factory

https://www.visitwilliamsburg.com/shopping/williamsburg-pottery

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20050719-2005-07-19-0507190097-story.html
Jack Fleenor

Franklin, NC potter and face jug artist. May have moved from there. Most pieces seem to be dated around 1987, but I know he sent in a tip (from Franklin) to Ceramics Monthly in mid 1985, so he was there potting at least that early. Signed with a conjoined JF and a stick figure holding a pot. He called his Franklin, NC operation Hillside Pottery, which is difference than the Hillside Pottery in North Carolina that later became Smithfield Art Pottery.

All I know about his age is that the founder of Blue Ridge Pottery in Virginia called Jack Fleenor "old" at the time Fleenor inspired him to create Blue Ridge Pottery, and that man was already of retirement age.

References:
https://www.mapquest.com/us/virginia/blue-ridge-pottery-351898679
https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/06/Ceramics\_Monthly\_may85\_cei0585d.pdf
Kentucky

Light colored clay I guess.

Try:

Bybee or Cornelison

Genuine Bybee (which is totally different than Bybee)

Selden Bybee (still totally different)

Waco

Louisville Pottery

Louisville Stoneware

MA Hadley

at least one more I think

If it looks like Kentucky Pottery but isn't, try Byrd Pottery of Tyler Texas or Rainbow Pottery by A.R. Cole or even Royal Crown both in North Carolina. Occasionally also Zanesville Pottery out of Ohio. In very specific cases, Bybee Pottery might look like Georgia Art Pottery and vie versa because W.J. Gordy worked there briefly in the 1930s. Smithfield from North Carolina can also look similar.

See also:

Seagrove

References:

https://kentuckyonlinearts.wordpress.com/tag/waco-pottery/

http://www.koar.org/home.html
Farrel Craven

Lester Farrel Craven (1921-?)

Worked at Smithfield and Royal Crown in the 1920's and 1930's. Worked for Duck Teague in Robbins, NC. Worked for Ben Owen, Sr. in the late 60s when Ben Owen had his own shop. Worked at Jugtown during the Country Roads years. Grandson of JD Craven. son of daniel craven

See also: Craven
DW Hussey

DW Hussey

Known as Wade. I think his middle name might be Wade, but I can't confirm that right now, or what his first name is, or his family relation to Billy Ray Hussey.

Partial work history:

Turn & Burn Pottery in 1988

Backwoods Pottery in 1989

Selling beef jerky online in 2012

References:
https://www.facebook.com/dwbeefjerky
Mildred Meaders

Mildred Meaders (1940-2022) was the wife of John Meaders and worked with him as far back as 1982 in their shop on the original Meaders Homeplace. After John's death in 1999, Mildred began working alone in the shop they had shared. There was a large age difference between John and Mildred, but they were happily married for 37 years.

Mildred was also the mother of Mary Meaders (Adams), and Annette Meaders (Boswell) another well North Georgia potter. The third child being Joyce Meaders (Bigley)
Goss Ware

Brand of a business man by the name WH Goss who made porcelain miniatures in the 19th century but did not hand paint ducks.

Learn about that person nowhere, learn about the real Goss at this places:

http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/456.htm

http://www.gosschinaclub.co.uk/

https://www.gosscollectorsclub.org/whgoss\_f.html

http://www.antiques-art-collectibles.com/collectible/ceramics/goss\_ware.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goss\_crested\_china
Anita Meaders

David Meaders wife, and an excellent potter in her own right. Started in 1982. Used the Meaders Family kiln with Lanier Meaders permission at the start then later the Lula workshop made by Reggie Meaders.

See also:

Meaders

Individual Potters

References:

http://www.folkpottery.com/david/david.htm

https://accesswdun.com/obituaries/obit/35226/anita-marilynn-meaders

From Mud to Jug, John Burrison
Texas

Some Texas pottery is very much like Southern pottery from Georgia, North and South Carolina or Alabama, because many potters migrated from those places to Texas in the 19th century.

Texas pottery purportedly has white clay. You will see whiteish clay on the bottom of Byrd pottery, for example.

Byrd Pottery can look like Bybee or Cole, but thicker and heavier.

Meyer pottery can apparently look like Byrd Pottery or Marshall Pottery.

Marshall Pottery should be your first search if its beige and blue striped, but not your last.

I thought the clay looked like Seagrove, but I guess it's lighter and purer, sure, why not.

See also:

Kentucky
Melmar Pottery

Melmar Pottery was a mark given to free pieces with a certain catalog of food products sold by Ralph C. Erksine in Tryon, N.C. Probably made by Auby and Maude Hilton.

There's a short booklet about it. It is available in PDF. I suspect if you want to know more about it than is in that book you would research those two individuals since it wasn't its own studio.

The book was published by Leon Danielson.

http://fourstarbooks.net/portfolio/design/Danielson-Melmar.pdf

https://books.google.com/books/about/The\_Melmar\_Pottery\_of\_Ralph\_C\_Erskine.html?id=3rDStgAACAAJ
Eck McCanless

Eck McCanless

Seagrove Potter. Currently makes exclusively agateware (as of Oct 2020 at least), but used to make crystalline. Older brother of Will McCanless. Brother of Fiva McCanless. Son of Al McCanless and Milly McCanless. Signs his pieces Elll or at least that's how it looks. Seems like it would be EM right?

See also: Will McCanless
Bobby Gaither

Bobby Gaither (-2023)

Alabama folk potter and face jug artist.

Signs with an 8 inside a capital G and a Blount Co Al.

From Remlap, Alabama.

Obituary: https://www.blountcountyfuneralhome.com/memorials/bobby-gaither/5187452/index.php?fbclid=IwAR0Ddq2-Bh-BORSw6Ja8mbJblg7yJDHlxy9M3iB3C47ZFM4yXnB0zRPP5VU
https://www.facebook.com/groups/331440113657512/user/100030696147166/
Eldreth Pottery

By Dave Eldreth and his family (and as many as 30 employees). Making traditional salt glazed stoneware and redware in Amish country in Pennsylvania. As of 2021 had at least two locations.

I have heard but not confirmed that Eldreth Pottery had closed down completely and that David Eldreth has died.

References:

http://www.chestercounty.com/2017/10/31/158794/eldreth-pottery-founder-is-moving-in-new-direction

https://www.eldrethpottery.com/redware.html
WR Addington

William R. Addington (1849-a.1900)

19th century North Georgia potter. According to the Index of Southern Potters by Howard A. Smith was active in the Gillsville, Georgia area from 1870 to 1890, and did salt glaze over Albany slip glazed stoneware and his work was stamped W.R. Addington Maysville, GA

The S in his Maysville stamp is backwards. That continued with his successor JB Henderson.

Dead Tree References: Index of Southern Potters by Howard A. Smith

Brothers in Clay by John A Burrison
Amedeo Salamoni

Potter and Face Jug Artist, from Belleville, New Jersey, formerly a resident of Georgia (some jugs marked Lula) and currently from Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Works as a ceramic instructor at George School since 2009. Known for his beautiful salt glazes.

* Apprenticed with the Hewell family in Gillsville, GA.
* Collaborated with David Meaders at least once in the mid 1990s.
* Born Feb 21, ??
* Earned his MFA in Ceramics-Sculpture in 1991 at University of Delaware and after graduation moved to Georgia to learn about throwing pots.
* Moved to Pennsylvania in 1997
* Has an "obsession" with wood-firing
* Spent some time at Eldreth Pottery in Pennsylvania and made at least one face jug there

References:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/facejugcollectors/permalink/1868787493256092
https://www.facebook.com/groups/331440113657512/user/100010935991553

https://amedeosalamoniarts.wordpress.com/?fbclid=IwAR2BAvS\_w\_JgCZlA-Ve7Y3DLENuO02E7dlM6ubvMvxBi46HoEuuHJN6bRrs%2F
Meric Art Ware

Searching for Meric Art Ware is a trick. You can't search for Meric Art Ware or Meric Art Studios, especially on etsy, because it gets replaced in your search as 'Merica. Instead, try the keywords: East Liverpool, Ohio, Art Deco or try using google to search the site you want to search, like this "site:etsy.com Meric Pottery"
Blue Mountain Pottery

Canadian company. In business about 50 years. Founded in late 1940s. Often abbreviated BMP. Purportedly used only red clay, but that's not strictly true, the did originally, but later used a mixture of red and white.

Can sometimes be dated by glaze color: http://www.bmpcc.com/dating-bmp-by-glaze-color-2-pages.html

Also, try using the search box on the BMP collectors site and you may find what you desire.

Marks:

might just say "BMP Canada" on the bottom

might have the "three trees" mark. (Note that there is a different 3 trees mark (without trunks) used by Laurentienne Pottery.)

A couple of marks can be found on "The Canadian Pottery Identifier" website. This is a single page that is 27 pages long, and is for the letter B.

You could also match on shape at the "Granny of Blue Mountain Pottery" website, which had over 2000 shapes, but that is gone now. Perhaps someone archived it.

There was a Tapatalk forum with many of the shapes, nicely organized, but at least the category I went into was completely inactive for 6 years and almost all of the photos were gone from their hosting sites.

References:

https://ourpastimes.com/identify-blue-mountain-pottery-5374948.html
Dwayne Crocker

Dwayne L. Crocker is a North Georgia folk potter who works out of Gillsville, GA at Crocker Folk Pottery, located off GA52 on Diamond Hill Road.

Dwayne Crocker started his career working for Wilson Pottery for five to six years, then worked for Craven Pottery for around 24 years. He started to make his own work full time in 2002.

See also:

Michael Crocker

Melvin Crocker

Crocker

Craven

References:

https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/get-out/gillsville-celebrates-turning-heritage/
Celia Cole

Celia Cole (1924-2015)

Sanford, North Carolina potter. Fifth-generation member of a potting family.

Daughter of A.R. Cole.

Granddaughter of Ruffin Cole.

Niece of Charlie (C.C.) Cole.

Cousin of Waymon Cole and Nell Cole Graves

Sister to Neolia Cole and General Foister (G.F.) Cole.

Ran the pottery in Sanford with her sister after their father's death.

See also:

Cole Family

References:

https://www.facebook.com/SanfordHerald/posts/breaking-celia-cole-renowned-sanford-potter-and-daughter-of-ar-cole-died-thursda/944488242262916/

https://youtu.be/TpV5uZYtojI?t=269
Bill Campbell

Pennsylvania potter for over 30 years who sold to people all over the nation. Bill Campbell has recently retired (within the past couple of years). Expect prices for his work to adjust accordingly.

He had two glazes with significant variation (no two pieces were ever really alike):, his Signature glaze and his Stellar glaze (the crystalline one).

People often say he had two marks. I am aware of at least three marks. There may be more.

1. A fairly early mark is a typeset W. Campbell and something else, maybe it was the year
2. His well known mark is a giant loopy signature that's completely unreadable, but instantly recognizable.
3. A more recent mark, from around 2017 is a C inside a V with a 20 to the left and under the V and a 17, 18, or 19 to the right representing the year. Is he still using this mark in his retirement or is their a 4th? Dunno.

http://web.archive.org/web/20210620025154/https://www.campbellpottery.com/glazes/
https://www.tidelinegallery.com/fpottery/billcampbell.html
Southern alkaline-glazed stoneware

According to Great and Noble jar, "included the use of horizontally placed slab or ear-lug handles and storage or preserve jars, and tie-down rims with a flared or rounded lip protruding outward to hold in place a cloth cover tied with string"

Also according to Great and Noble jar, had the following standard forms for vessels "the storage jar, the smaller preserve jar, jug, churn, clabber bowl, and pitcher"

According to Great and Noble jar shapes were "bulbous or ovoid-shaped during the first half of the 19th century." Most of what I've seen generally says things get more ovoid the earlier you get. Jugs were basically straight up and down by the end of the 19th century, and the more in they go at the foot the older they tend to be.

See chapter 1 page 1 for more.
Nic collins

Nic Collins (1958-)

Well known wood firing potter from England. He's so famous google returns useful biographical information about him:

References:

http://www.nic-collins.co.uk/infopage.htm

https://www.google.com/search?q=nic+collins+potter

External Resources:
https://www.goldmarkart.com/ceramics-home/nic-collins
Seagrove

Sort of the main pottery center in North Carolina, starting in the early 20th century that has a somewhat distinct look. Though some of it can easily be mixed up with Kentucky pottery.

Light colored or swirl clay I think are most common, but plenty of studios in Seagrove have used all kinds of clay, so it is not a determinant; I would just say that if it is like a dark clay it is not likely from Seagrove.

Try these searches first:

Cole

Rainbow Pottery

Jugtown Pottery

Owen(s)

Log Cabin Pottery

There's been a million studios there that have made work that look like any other studio pottery, but those are a few of the main ones that look like a cross between studio and art pottery with a little southern and a little Asian thrown in. You can thank Ben Owen Sr. and Jugtown for bringing in that slightly Asian look that kind of defines Seagrove pottery.

Current list of Seagrove Pottery Studios (they sure come and go): https://discoverseagrove.com/studios/

See also:

Pottery Regions

Pottery Brands
Evan's Pottery

Evan's pottery was founded by Evan Javan Brown, Jr ~1964, one of the Georgia Browns who moved to North Carolina. Evan Brown was the son of Javan Brown who moved to Arden, NC with his brother Davis Brown. The Browns are a large pottery family famous for their face jugs and other primitive southern pottery. The North Carolina Browns are where Jerry Brown in Alabama came from as well (a grandson of Davis Brown, I believe). The Brown family has made pottery for over 250 years in many states, including: Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. Cherry Brown Corn, daughter of Evan and Madeline Callahan Brown continues to run Evan's Pottery today.

References:

https://www.courier-tribune.com/article/20141105/ENTERTAINMENT/311059802
Maranatha Pottery

pottery in Bryson City, N.C. and somehow Central Florida formerly owned by Wendell Snodgrass.

Traveling, and being successful in business, are a trait of the Snodgrass family. This I am sure was both a thrill and passion for Wendell. I am proud to be his nephew and look forward to learn about his passion as the years go on.￼￼

Reference:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orlandosentinel/obituary.aspx?n=wendell-william-snodgrass&pid=19745131
Kim Black

Georgia folk artist. Retired and moved.

https://web.archive.org/web/20031028044405/http://thebaldwinbulletin.com/news/folkart\_072601.htm

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/kim-black-1986-face-jug-milledgeville-403273104

https://www.flickr.com/photos/inferno55/37989086945

https://obituaries.unionrecorder.com/obituary/pat-black-827581741

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/24376979/david-l-black-jr
SH with a bird

SH capital letters stamped with a bird is the mark of Sheryl Holstein of Mountain Oak Pottery.You will see what is likely a progression with this mark.

1) If you look at the one on The Marks Project, the letters are very fancy and the bird is very detailed. This seems likely to be a late mark. https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/holstein

2) If you look at this one from seller reduxion55 on ebay the letters are the same as above and the bird is still an outline, but a better one than the one below. This one is likely earlier than (1) above.

3) If you look at this mark to the bottom right, the bird is definitely incised by hand, it's just an outline (an incomplete, and the letters are basic block capitals. This is probably the earliest of the three marks, and the piece it was found on is very simple.

References:

https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/holstein

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sheryl-Holstein-Mountain-Oak-Pottery-Georgia-Handcrafted-Mug-Brown-Tan-12-oz-EUC/312798674679?hash=item48d440fef7:g:HKMAAOSw8q9dnrVX
Cross Creek Pottery

Seagrove Pottery established in 1992. Owned and operated by Terry Hunt and Vivian Hunt.

https://www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?Cross+Creek+Pottery&TravelTo=NC0334014&VA=Y&Attraction\_ID=NC0334014a005
https://yellow.place/en/cross-creek-pottery-seagrove-usa
http://web.archive.org/web/20101113234958/http://www.crosscreekpottery.com/
Pigeon Forge Pottery

The more collectible predecessor, at the same location, to Pigeon River Pottery. Founded by Douglas Ferguson and his wife in 1946. Pigeon Forge Pottery closed in 2000.

See also:

Ferguson

### Known potters / signatures (incomplete, alphabetical by first initial for easy reference when trying to decipher):

Allean Huskey / A. Huskey - Example at https://www.thepigeonforgepottery.com/files/aHuskey.jpg

Betty Smelcer / B. Smelcer - Examples at https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/smelcer

B??? Summers / B. Summers

Dorris Boling / D. Boling

Douglas Ferguson / D. Ferguson / D.F. (obviously active the whole time until the last little bit) - Examples at https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/ferguson-0

Ellis Ownby / E. Ownby - Examples at https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/ownby

Ernest Wilson / E. Wilson (definitely active in 1970s) (father of D. Ferguson's wife Ruth Ferguson nee Wilson)

G. Griffin / G.G. - Examples at https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/griffin-0

Harold Shults / H. Shults - Examples at https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/shults

Mary Compton / M. Compton - Examples at https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/compton

P??? Bennett / P. Bennett (possibly active in 1950s)

Ruth Ballard / R. Ballard - Examples at https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/ballard

Winifred J. Utterback / W. Utterback - Examples at https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/utterback-0 https://web.archive.org/web/20220101232124/https://www.cliffdwellersgallery.com/

External Resources:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/924969017582186/?refid=18&\_ft\_=top\_level\_post\_id.2503995546355018%3Acontent\_owner\_id\_new.1664561091%3Aphoto\_attachments\_list.%5B10218621790490335%2C10218621790250329%5D%3Astory\_location.6%3Astory\_attachment\_style.album&\_\_tn\_\_=R-R

References:

https://www.thepigeonforgepottery.com/Craftsmen\_of\_The\_Pigeon\_Forge\_Pottery.html
Shelby West

Shelby West (1978-)

from his Facebook business page:

"Shelby West was born November 1978 in Crawford County Georgia. Crawford County is famous for its alkaline glazed stoneware that was produced there in the early 1800's through the 1930's. Shelby has continued this tradition using the same clay and techniques employed over 100 years ago. He grinds his clay with a homemade clay mill, turns his ware on a foot powered treadle wheel and fires his ware in a woodburning tunnel kiln."

See also:

Pottery Families

Face Jug Artists

References:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Shelby-West-Pottery-140334229363272/about/?ref=page\_internal

https://web.archive.org/web/20110201235537/http://shelbywestpottery.com/
Richard Wright

Full time potter in Lenoir, North Carolina in the Catawba Valley tradition. Became a full time potter in 2016, but was a part time potter prior to that.

Also signs R.W. Wright and RWW.

Hand mixes and sun dries native NC clay for his pottery, which he woodfires in a large kiln.

Awards: 3 consecutive visual arts awards from the Caldwell Arts Council

https://www.wataugademocrat.com/blowingrocket/potter-richard-wright-in-residence-at-edgewood-cottage/article\_f8a0067c-f117-5a9e-80bf-568dc9e21598.html

https://www.facebook.com/Richard-Wright-Pottery-1644776412476946/

https://www.cvpottery.com/R\_W\_Bio.html

http://caldwelljournal.com/caldwell-arts-council-exhibit-pop-may-5-27-2017/amp/

https://picclick.com/Valley-Ablaze-Pottery-Tradition-Catawba-Valley-burlon-craig-163498019455.html
Reggie Meaders

Reggie Meaders (1919-2009) was a southern folk artist potter born in White County, Georgia who worked out of Lula, Georgia. Son of Cheever and Arie Meaders and notably brother to folk potters Lanier Meaders, John Rufus Meaders, Ruby Meaders and Edwin "Nub" Meaders. Father to folk potter David Meaders.

References:
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/gainesvilletimes/obituary.aspx?n=reggie-meaders&pid=131813519&fhid=3741
http://www.folkpottery.com/reggie/reggie.htm
Crazing

One of those terms that is used by pottery buyers, sellers and collectors that implies a defect, but might just be a characteristic of an applied glaze. The result of a glaze and a piece of pottery beneath it expanding or (more likely) contracting at a different rate. Results in a subtle crackle appearance on the surface of pottery (just glaze deep) that looks like the cracking of safety glass or shattering of ice. If a potter uses this term it might be something they are trying to fix, but otherwise, I wouldn't presume to know what was intended by an artist. Some well known and respected potters introduced crazing on purpose and others just didn't care and ignored it.

External Resources: https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/daily/article/How-to-Correct-Five-Common-Ceramic-Glaze-Defects#:~:text=This%20can%20be%20alleviated%20by,small%20amount%20of%20extra%20flux.
Seagrove Pottery

Pottery of Dot Auman and Walter Auman starting in 1953.

https://www.ncarts.org/dorothy-walter-auman

https://greensboro.com/seagrove-grieves-over-loss-accident-took-lives-of-beloved-potters/article\_77960c61-4154-5d8c-9b19-cea099472ee3.html

Other potters included various apprentices, and from 1976 to 1983 Robert Armfield.

A related pottery is Auman Pottery (1919-1936), founded by another member of Walter Auman's family.

Dead Tree References:

See pages 177-180 of North Carolina Pottery: The Collection of the Mint Museum
JR Cooper

JR "Ron" Cooper is a currently active potter and face jug artist at Cooper Pottery in Orange (roughly Canton), Cherokee County, Georgia. Featured alongside E.L. Stork, Earl Stork, J.P. Reid, Belle Reid, Homer Burns and Jay Benzel in Jim McFarland's "The Potters of Orange: 100 Years of Pottery-Making in East-Central Cherokee County, Georgia 1913-2013". Ron and his kin are from the Cartersville area.

Ron has been working in clay since at least 1960 (when he would have been a freshman in high school), professionaly with his wife Mae since  ~1978-1979 and started setting up his current studio in 1983. Some of his work can be recognized by his signature harvest brown glaze.

Ron began his apprenticeship with W.J. Gordy, son of W.T.B. Gordy in 1959. W.T.B. Gordy was partner to E.L. Stork between 1911 and 1913, so if you know someone who collects Stork or Gordy pottery, and want to give a good gift but don't have the deep pockets for those pieces, Cooper pottery makes a great gift. He also made at least one face jug with D.X. Gordy.

Ron's grandson Chandler, has spent some time helping in the shop and has also made at least one five face face jug while still in school at Shorter University in Rome, Georgia.
Brown's Pottery

Apparently, has an old stamp with a "rectilinear" font and a newer stamp with a more cursive font. The words on the old stamp are as follows:

BROWN’S POTTERY

ARDEN N.C.

HAND MADE

The change was reportedly made around 1977.

I have read that the earliest stamp was a one line stamp rather than a three line.

Was founded by Davis Brown and his brother Evan Javan Brown in 1924 or 1925.

Early wares at the Arden shop were stamped Brown Bros, after that they were stamped Brown Pottery. A few such pieces were made in and stamped Alvaton, GA, reportedly before they left for Arden, but what if they made those on a holiday visit to family in 1927? What I'm saying is I have no reference to corroborate those pieces being older than the first Arden pieces, even though that does seem most likely.

EJ outlived his brother and continued working with his nephews when they took over, but he had left Brown's Pottery in Arden around 1928.

The shop is in Buncombe County. Seems like it closed in 2019 or 2020 but I don't have all my notes handy.

They switched to an electric kiln in 1975.
Will McCanless

Peder Wilhelm McCanless (Will)

2nd generation Seagrove potter and 2nd born in his generation. Older brother is Eck McCanless. Also has a sister who pots named Fiva who is still in the Seagrove area but does not have her own shop. Their mother Milly is retired.

References:

https://www.thepilot.com/news/features/mccanless-learned-at-the-knee-of-his-father/article\_bbd4ac61-54ac-5e24-96a1-ecd70cfdae12.html

https://www.giftedartisan.com/mccanless-pottery/

https://www.pottersmarketatthemint.com/will-mccanless
Buying Folk Pottery

It can be difficult to buy southern folk pottery. If you live in the south you can actually buy it new from the families in their studios or at festivals , but if you don't live near one of the pottery towns you will have to buy it from someone who was near one of those towns.

Places to buy folk pottery:

Estate Sales, again, primarily in the south

Antique Stores, again, primarily in the south, and you'll pay a premium

Traditional auctions, primarily in the south but also scattered up the east coast, like at Crocker Farm, and only a small percentage have online bidding and shipping

There is always some on http://ebay.com , just maybe not what you want when you want it, which is also a problem with the above options.

http://etsy.com if you are after a more retail experience, but you will also pay a retail price (less than an antique store but more than ebay or a live auction)

You can also find a handful of things on Mercari, EBTH, Craigslist, and Facebook Marketplace, but not so many.

Individual Stores or Dealers that specialize in Folk Pottery or Southern Pottery:

* https://aroundbackatrockysplace.com/collections also on Hwy 53 in Dawsonville, GA
* https://jugarama.myshopify.com/ run by Crystal King Pottery in Seagrove
* https://bungalowbill.myshopify.com/collections/north-carolina-pottery
* Tim Presley @ Remember Me Pottery specializes in southern folk pottery from the Meaders family, Lin Craven, Bobby Ferguson, Rex Hogan, Charlie West and other regional potters 706-809-0528
* https://www.chickenmanart.com/folk-and-outsider/
* https://www.facebook.com/folkandoutsider/ is a place you can buy or consign in Cumming, GA
* Stan Clark, who is maybe the biggest face jug dealer, has a face jug booth at Old Town Junction in Commerce, Ga, but the mall is having to relocate so maybe not for long. Probably does more business on Facebook.
* Betty Bercowski also sells Face Jugs on Facebook.
Pigeon River Pottery

According to The Old Mill Pigeon River Pottery has been at the same location in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for over 50 years or 70 years depending on which press you read and was started by legendary potter Douglas Ferguson.

According to most collectors, Pigeon River Pottery is a new pottery at The Old Mill that has some of the same potters and employees some of the same potters, and Pigeon Forge Pottery closed back in 2000.

They use local clay.

See also:

Douglas Ferguson

His Daughter Jane? Ferguson

Doris Boling

Ellis Ownby

Some more people to be filled in later

See also: Pigeon Forge Pottery
Ataru Hori

"*I'll Show You how it's done!*"
—Ataru Hori
***Ataru Hori*** is a major character in the *Mr. Driller* series, making his first debut in *Mr. Driller G*.

### Voiced by

Toshio Furukawa (Japanese Dub)

Ryan Drees (English Dub in Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits and Mr. Driller W)

### Belongs to

Driller Association

Ataru is Japanese with gray hair that covers his right eye. He has brown eyes and he's never seen wearing anything else than his driller outfit. He wears a black helmet with spike-shaped earpieces. His suit is a dark blue color with light blue sleeves and a white cross on his chest, he also wears a red scarf. He is sometimes seen with a twig in his mouth.

Ataru is Susumu Hori's older brother, and is Taizo Hori and Masuyo Tobi's older son who ran away from home. He is a rogue driller who lacks an official driller's license, and lives in an area unknown to any of the main characters in the series, thanks to a confrontation with his father, whom Ataru also holds a grudge against. He is a loner-type who usually attempts to look 'cool', and has a companion named Usagi. He considers his younger brother, Susumu, to be a "sweet kid".

Ataru's max top speed surpasses all of the other drillers, including Anna Hottenmeyer's. However, he has a higher air consumption rate.

Relatives:

### Parents

Taizo Hori (father)

Masuyo Tobi (mother)

### Siblings

Susumu Hori (brother)

Taiyo Tobi (brother)

## Gallery

(with Usagi)(with Usagi)(without Usagi)(without Usagi)"Impossible!"Ataru in Dig Dug: Digging StrikeAtaru in Mr. Driller G
## Trivia

* Ataru is the only asymmetrical Mr. Driller character to date, as a result, he's given two different sets of sprites, one for facing left and other for facing right.
* Ataru's scarf originally belongs to an old friend of his called George. Both of them traded scarves and now George wears Ataru's original yellow scarf.
* Ataru suffers from a severe case of Chiraptophobia (fear of bats).
* In Susumu's Japanese profile, it states that he was the only member in the family that didn't know about Ataru, meaning that Ataru must have ran away from home at a very early age and Susumu eventually forgot about him
Nancy Hicks

Nancy Hicks is a North Carolina potter known for her animal figurines. Nancy Hicks was active in the late 20th century and exhibited in Asheville, NC at the High County Crafters' 10th Annual Western Art & Craft Show on February 12-14, 1987. You'll see her animal figurines for sale occasionally online and even an occasional bowl or something with an animal as part of it.
Hewell

Sometimes, you think you know about a pottery family, then you read that the Hewells made green glazed little pitchers and jugs for Williamsburg pottery in the fifties, from mud to jug p115

According to an interview with Nathaniel Hewell on pg120 of from mud to jug, everyone in the gillsville area learned from the hewells. specifically: mike perdue did. jeff standridge learned from chester hewell. the fergusons relearned from the hewells, as did billy joe craven

Potting Family Members (ever growing partial list):

Eli Hewell

Matthew Hewell

Chester Hewell

Nathaniel Hewell

Wayne Hewell

Grace Nell Hewell

References:
Wendell Snodgrass

Wendell Snodgrass of Maranatha Pottery

August 12, 1936 - October 27 2006

Somehow a lifelong resident of Central Florida who had his pottery primarily in Bryson City, North Carolina.

Also owned and ran a heating fuel company in Florida. He was a busy man with the ability to be in two places at once, it seems. Or it had something to do with his kids in North Carolina.

Wendell had a large family presence in Maitland Florida. My father Lester and Uncle Irvin Snodgrass were his main draw to central Florida. They had moved from the hills, and coal mines, of Reedy West Virginia to Maitland Florida in late 1920s. They all had high ambition and made a successful life there. The fuel company, hardware store and a cleaning service. They were also the owners of many rental homes.

Reference:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/orlandosentinel/obituary.aspx?n=wendell-william-snodgrass&pid=19745131
Marie Rogers

Marie Rogers (1922-2010) was a Meansville, Georgia folk artist and one of the first female pot throwers in Georgia. Starting in earnest in 1974, Marie made mostly miniatures. Marie was the wife of Jugtown trained potter Horace Rogers. Worked on her late husbands treadle wheel and used an electric kiln. Marie Rogers, according to Brothers in Clay, was the last practitioner of the older Jugtown tradition. Marie dug and refined her own clay. There is a wonderful little section on how Marie worked in Nancy Sweezy's Raised in Clay and I highly recommend it.

References:

John Burrison's Brothers in Clay

Nancy Sweezy's Raised in Clay
Richard Kale

Richard Kale (1960-2013)

Catawba, NC Potter, Face Jug Artist and Pastor

According to Self-Taught, Outsider and Folk Art: A Guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources, 3d ed. Paperback by Betty-Carol Sellen, Richard turned his first face jug in 1986 or 1987 and became a full time potter in 1992 after being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and leaving his career in cable manufacturing.

According to an online for sale posting from the time, Richard Lee Kale retired, sold his estate (including his pottery making equipment) and moved out of state with his former wife Jane Deal Kale (also a face vessel artist) in 2008. His obituary lists his year and place of death as 2013 in North Dakota, His son Jamie Kale (1977-) continues to make pottery and face jugs in North Carolina. Richard Kale is the son of Harry C Kale (1912-?), a famous Catawba Valley potter from the early 20th century.

References: https://www.hautfuneralhome.com/obituaries/richard-kale
Masuyo Tobi

**Masuyo "Kissy" Tobi** is a supporting character in the *Mr. Driller* series. Her very first debut was in Namco's shooting game ''Baraduke'' (*Alien Sector*), where she is known as Kissy. She is the main protagonist of the ''Baraduke'' series.

## Masuyo Tobi

"It’s been a while since we have been Popular in our games. And the unknown reason is We are back to being friends. Now You want to be with me again, So, Sure."

### Voiced by

Mitsuko Horie (Japanese Dub)

Yuko Mizutani (Japanese Dub in Namco X Capcom)

### Belongs to

Driller Association

Masuyo is Japanese and closely ressembles Susumu. She has short light brown hair with dark brown eyes. She wears a yellow space bio-suit with orange gloves, blue/green boots and white belts going around her body that connect to a jet pack. Her normal clothes consist of a yellow long-sleeved shirt and an orange skirt.

Masuyo is the mother of Susumu and Ataru. She's married with Taizo Hori. She's an ex-soldier of the United Galactic Space Force (UGSF) and took part in the battle of Baraduke in 1985. Masuyo fought against the Octi King, alongside her sister Miyako "Takky" Tobi. She now works as a novelist while raising her son Taiyo Tobi, Susumu's younger brother.

She appears in the *Mr. Driller* games every now and then, as either a profile card or a brief cameo.

## Relatives

### Parents

Jake Tobi (father)

Yoshiko Midorikawa (mother)

### Children

Ataru Hori (son)

Susumu Hori (son)

Taiyo Tobi (son)

## Gallery

Masuyo In Mr. Driller GMasuyo in her swimsuitMasuyo's PaccetMasuyo in Namco X CapcomCasual
Westerwald

On the one hand, everyone uses it synonymously with "German blue and white salt glaze stoneware". On the other hand Lehner's encyclopedia says it was studio pottery by a guy of German heritage who did work in the 70s or something. So, did the guy name his pottery Westerwald because westerwald was already a term for German stoneware? Or was some of his stoneware mistaken for actual German stoneware and it became the term commonly used for both because people couldn't tell them apart? Hard to say. Maybe if you were collecting since the 1960s you might know.
Beaumont Brothers Pottery

Ohio pottery company started by Jerry Beaumont and this brother. Jerry last after a couple of years and the company continued on.

Made salt glazed items marked BBP. Some items cast from molds and some hand thrown.

Per Jerry Beaumont, items signed SR were by Steve Rucker, who replaced Jerry at hand turning when Jerry left.
Sheryl Holstein

Sheryl Holstein is an award winning Georgia potter from Ellijay, Georgia with a distinctive SH with a bird mark and the owner of Mountain Oak Pottery.

References:

https://www.facebook.com/sheryl.holstein.3

https://www.themarksproject.org/marks/holstein

https://www.dawsonnews.com/local/bowen-hosts-reception-georgia-clay-council/
Lori Cole

There are, or at least have been in recent history, at least two studio potters named Lori Cole. In no particular order:

## Lori Cole of Canada

The first potter is Canadian, from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario

Sells out of her home studio and at the Frederick Art Walk.

As far as I know, no relation to the North Carolina Coles.

## Lori Cole of Atlanta

The second potter, Lori W Cole was most recently from Marietta, Georgia by way of Buckhead-Atlanta, Georgia but was born and raised in Rome, Georgia.

Her signature can easily be mistaken as reading Lou Cole so look for the dot, it'll probably be there.

She worked in mainly porcelain and stoneware. I believe she has retired as she appears to have given her domain name to Lori Cole of Canada.

She was a student of Atlanta porcelain artist Marianne Weinberg-Benson

She began Lori Cole Pottery in Buckhead-Atlanta in 1978 and sold in various shops and online. Her website went down sometime between 2017 and 2019.

There has been some confusion between the two which has had to be cleared up both on some online listings and on one of the artists old web page headers: http://www.mgl.ca/~jhcole/pots/loripotsOld.html

References:

http://www.mgl.ca/~jhcole/pots/loripots.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20170912092145/http://www.loricolepottery.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20100514200521/http://www.loricolepottery.com/

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/rome-news-tribune/20070426/281870113999813
Kea Sark

Harajuku Foundation

*Kea Sark* (キーア・サーク) is a member of the Driller Council and Star Trigon Team. She also has a cat companion named Snowy.

## Personality

Kea is the only girl on the Star Trigon Team, and is very kind and sweet, she respects everyone. The forms Kea takes often provoke teasing from her twin brother Keel, but it doesn't stop her from proving how tough she is.

She loves being in the Star Trigon Team and Driller Council and she has a crush on Wataru Hoshi. She is very kind and respects everyone. She never often gets along with Keel sometimes. Her father once owned an amusement park.

## Relatives

### Siblings

Keel Sark (Twin brother)

Reika Tengenji (Younger sister)

### Parents

Kepakiano Sark (father)

Hiromi Tengenji (mother)

## Gallery

CasualCasual; with her hood onHer swimsuitHer alternate swimsuitHer alternate swimsuitWithout her coatWithout her jacket*Christmas style*Kea as *Bloom* from '"Winx ClubHer pajamas
## Trivia

* She likes Keel's voice since it's very funny.
* She is heavily based on Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (a Japanese singer and songwriter), insanely based on Japanese Kawaii and Harajuku fashion.
* She is the founder of the Harajuku Foundation.
* She likes to wear stilettos at a birthday party/Or insane party at the Driller Council.
Areum Lee

**Areum Lee** (リー・アルム / 리아름/Lee Areum) is a member of the Ankoku Drillers.

## Appearance

Areum is Korean, She has dark green hair, dark green eyeshadow, dark brown eyes, rosy cheeks, gray and sea green drill suit, with light green scarf and green ear covers.

## Personality

She is obsessed, fascinated, and smitten by her boyfriend Keel Sark. She flirts with him frequently and clings to him even during drilling missions, but she is usually very cautious as a driller. Her personality can be described as snooty and sassy, a girl who thinks that she is superior to almost everyone. She displays this to people like Anna and Ataru. She only joined the Ankoku Drillers so that she could be with Keel all the time.

## Relatives

### Parents

Minseok Lee (father)

Jiyeon Kim (mother)

## Trivia

* She hates Ataru Hori with a burning passion.
* She hates Ataru Hori with a burning passion due to his rivalry with Keel, which she interprets as a threat to her boyfriend
Weird Pottery Terms

tenmoku

shino

raku

cabinet vase

reticulate (cut out)

glaze miss

kiln shrinkage

chigger bite

blistering

pitting and pinholing

spaulding

glaze flake

wandering river - apparently what the chinese call a greek key

greek key - a sort of repeating square spiral design

External Resources:

https://community.etsy.com/t5/West-German-Pottery-Team/Flaw-Definitions-selling-pottery-online/m-p/83383830#M227
Walter Fleming

Walter P. Fleming (1937-)

Retired Presbyterian minister and Catawba Valley potter.

Primarily self taught, but learned initially from Burlon Craig. Began potting in 1986.

Pottery shop in Statesville, NC.

Digs his own (red) clay on his own property off Third Creek in Iridell County, North Carolina

Left handed, Turns his pots counterclockwise (which can be a hint to who made something at a glance, particularly on swirl pieces).

Signs with his first name and last name in script either with a signature stamp or a his actual hand signed signature.

His son, M. Fleming has also made face jugs.

References:

http://ncpottery.com/product/walter-fleming-pottery-face-jug-nc/

https://picclick.com/Walter-Fleming-Mini-Ash-Green-Face-Jug-324475211200.html

https://www.lelandlittle.com/items/348217/western-nc-folk-pottery-walter-fleming-and-son-face-jugs/
W.T.B. Gordy

William Thomas Belah Gordy made pottery in Alvaton, Georgia and Aberdeen,Georgia from around 1900 to around 1935. His sons were W.J. Gordy and D.X. Gordy.

Trained by uncles Jasper and Henry Bishop in Georgia's Jugtown (not an incorporated place), left to form a partnership with E.L. Stork (in 1907 until 1909 if I read correctly).

Mainly used Albany Slip in Alvaton between 1918 and 1935, some also salt glazed on top of the Albany.

Some online references say WTB Gordy started Georgia Art Pottery in Alvaton and moved it to Aberdeen, but I it was actually his son W.J. Gordy. Careful reading from the end of page 174 to page 176 of Brothers in Clay will unravel this: WTB Gordy moves to Primrose in 1935 to focus on artistic wear; WJ Gordy leaves home to become a "tramp potter" once he marries starting with working for Jim Reid in Acworth, then eventually settling down in Cartersville in 1935 where he started Georgia Art Pottery; DX Gordy took over WTB Gordy's shop at Primrose in 1955 after WTB Gordy's death. You will read online that most of the pieces between 1935 and 1955 were made by W.J. Gordy when his younger brother D.X. Gordy took over, but DX took over a different operation in a different city. The awkward wording on the linked web page about Georgia Art Pottery also makes it sound as though DX was W.J.'s son but it includes a nice series of example pics: https://www.cajunc.com/pottery-marks#georgia-art I must say, apart from the occasional inaccuracy that is in no greater percentage than any pottery or other online reference site, cajunc.com is a great site with a lot of great information; it and other online references (like this one) are a good start for a lot of topics, but should never be your last.

Bill Gordy Interview Snippet regarding his father (WTB) being a perfectionist, and also his mother cooking biscuits in the wood fire kiln: https://www.knowitall.org/audio/bill-gordy-remembers-kilns-and-biscuits-digital-traditions

Did mostly utilitarian stuff, but also did some artistic stuff. His wife decorated some pieces. Some things marked as by him were not done by him. See Burrison's book for details.

Dead Tree References: John A Burrison's Brothers In Clay

See Also: Gordy, JR Cooper
Vernon Owens

Master Potter at the famous Jugtown Pottery for much of its history. Member of the famous Owen(s) Pottery Family of North Carolina. Brother to Bobby Owens and Viola Brady. Neighbor to potter Charles Moore and Jeanette Hussey Moore.

Dead Tree References: the potter's eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery by Mark Hewitt & Nancy Sweezy
The Marks Project

A maddeningly incomplete dictionary of pottery marks that requires artists submit their own marks. A thing they tend not to do, because it's the collectors and dealers who care about identifying pottery, not potters. Occasionally helpful nonetheless, The Marks Project can be found at https://www.themarksproject.org/home
Watcombe Pottery

The original Torquay pottery company, originally known as The Watcombe Terra-Cotta Clay Company. Based in the area of Torquay in Devon, England. Founded in 1871, was bought out and merged a couple times with name changes and presumably mark changes. Produced pottery until 1962. Along with other potteries, known collectively as Torquay potteries. The pre-1901 Watcombe is considered to be by collectors in a different class of individual art pieces (as opposed to the post 1901 mass produced pieces post merger).

References:

http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=79

https://www.kovels.com/price-guide/pottery-porcelain-price-guide/torquay.html

https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t15646-watcombe-pottery-torquay