Tom Tompkins talked about some of his favorites, found during a trip to North Carolina (one piece pictured above). Tom and Nancy visited the Sea grove area where many potteries are found. Tom talked about the Pissaro Forest Pottery, Arden and pottery made by Evan Brown, whose family is still producing pottery where he first opened shop in 1961. Evan’s father Jay Van Brown worked at this shop and his daughter Cherry and wife Mercedes currently work there. Evans’ pots occasionally show up in antique malls in Wisconsin.
Pissaro Forest Pottery is just down the road, sitting in a picturesque valley. The pottery opened in 1926—Walter Steven was an early potter there. Some of the pieces are marked with dates.
The Seagrove area includes some 90 potteries, including Jugtown Pottery, opened 1917, started by a couple educated in art. The wife kept a job in New York City and sold pieces there. Ben Owens started at the Sea grove pottery as an eighteen-year-old, and continued until 1959.
A nonprofit organization, Country Road, bought Jug town in the 1960s and redeveloped glazes to remove lead. Jug town is now owned by Vernon Owen.Ben Owen started his own pottery in 1959—he has since died but his grandson Ben Owen III now runs the pottery.
Contacts:
Wisconsin Pottery Association
P.O. Box 705
Madison WI 53701-0705
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