The Mint Museum has pieces of its collection spread across two buildings; Mint Museum Uptown and Mint Museum Randolph. These collections can be seen on view alongside our special exhibitions.
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stoneware
Not currently on view
Gift of Eugene Mallar
North State Pottery was founded in 1924 by Rebecca Palmer Cooper (1886-1924), who was assisted in its operation by her husband, Henry (1886-1959). The Coopers were not potters and originally employed Jonah Franklin Owen to throw pots. He was later joined by other potters.
Accession Number: H1981.217.24
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stoneware
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Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston
Accession Number: H1981.24.17
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wheel-thrown stoneware
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Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston
Accession Number: H1981.24.20
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wheel-thrown stoneware
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Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of PatH. Johnston
Accession Number: H1981.24.25
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wheel-thrown stoneware
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Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston
This vase was dipped in the glaze twice, once while holding the item by the top, then by the bottom. The two dips overlap, creating a darker band where the glaze is double in thickness. Bachelder often used this technique in his work.
Accession Number: H1981.24.27
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wheel-thrown earthenware
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Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston
This portrait of Bachelder bears the potter's signature, his OLB monogram, and is dated 1927. Museum records show that Bachelder's friend, Finnish potter William Soini, did a similar plaque of the potter. This plaque may have been a copy of the Soini work, may have been done by Bachelder from a photo, or perhaps Bachelder did both plaques. Further research into this is necessary.
Accession Number: H1981.24.30
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wheel-thrown stoneware
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Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston
Accession Number: H1981.24.4
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wheel-thrown stoneware
Not currently on view
Museum Purchase: Daisy Wade Bridges Fund from the Collection of Pat H. Johnston
Born in Wisconsin, Oscar Bachelder left home at seventeen to travel across the country as an itinerant potter. He finally settled in the small mountain town of Luther, near Asheville in 1911. He bought some land with clay deposits and started Omar Khayyam Pottery. Bachelder was one of the first North Carolina potters to make the transition from utilitarian to art wares. Many of his wares have deceptively simple shapes and subtle shadings of colors, as seen on this vase.
Accession Number: H1981.24.8
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