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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Page 9-Section II
Noted Potters From Moore
(Continued From Page 8)
Road Pottery in 1960, other
Owens were ready to step in.
M.L.’s son Vernon now owns the
Jugtown Pottery, where he is
assisted by his brother Bobby.
And right next door Boyd Owens
runs the old family shop and calls
on his father M.L. and his sister
Nancy for the bulk of the turning.
Were he alive today, Dorris
Craven would be taken back by
the types of wares his “descen
dants” are making, a varied and
multicolored array of art, hor
ticultural and tablewares, many
of which he would likely dismiss
as mere useless “toys.”
However, he worked throughout
the second half of the nineteenth
century, when the folk tradition
was at its zenith. Thus, he could
not have foreseen the impact of
Prohibition, commercial dairies,
supermarkets, and cheap glass,
plastic, and paper containers on
his business.
At the same time, Dorris would
not be surprised at the vitality of
the modern potteries. He would
probably cite other names omit
ted here-Cagle, Campbell, Cole,
McNeil, Milton, Moody, Scott,
Spencer, Spinks, Williamson-
families who were also important
to the craft. And he would point to
ongoing developments—Ben
Owen’s son and grandson
CRAVEN POTTERY — The Daniel Z. Craven Pottery, 1915, Moore Coun
ty. Courtesy of the Division of Archives and History, State Department of
Cultural Resources, Raleigh.
reopening the old shop; Laura
Teague Moore’s Pot Luck Pot
tery in her grandfather John
Wesley’s homeplace; and
newcomers like Mary and David
Farrell who produce a tremen
dous range of traditional forms at
their Westmoore Pottery. Above
all, he would see much that was
familiar to him: old forms and
glazes; the same informal, clut
tered shops; and a pervasive sen
se of family and place. Surely, he
would be pleased at his work.
(Editor’s Note: Dr. Charles G.
Zug, III, is a professor in the
Curriculum in Folklore at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, and is the foremost
authority on pottery in the state).
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HANCOCK — Salt-glazed stoneware preserve
jar and jug, c. 1880, W.H. Hancock. H 8^/12-7f8,
V2IW2 gallons. Stamp: “W.H.HANCOCK.” Col
lections of Mrs. Nancy Conover and Mr. and
Mrs. Hurdle Lea. Like Dorris Craven, Hancock
used a coggle wheel, a small, toothed wheel af
fixed to a woodet. handle, to trace the “I^” on
the jug. He also impressed a band of triangles on
the shoulder of each pot, a decorative
“signature” that clearly identifies his hand.
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