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stoneware salt glaze
Not currently on view
Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
The Craven family is one of the most notable North Carolina potting dynasties, beginning with Peter Craven (circa 1712–1791), who moved to North Carolina around 1745. John Anderson Craven and his three brothers, William Nicholas, Jacob Dorris, and Thomas Wesley, learned how to pot from their father, the Reverend Anderson Craven (1801–1872). John Anderson worked in partnership with his father throughout his life, while his brothers left home to start their own pottery workshops once they reached adulthood.
Accession Number: H1983.190.1
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stoneware salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
The Craven family is one of the most notable North Carolina potting dynasties, beginning with Peter Craven (circa 1712–1791), who moved to North Carolina around 1745. Fifth-generation Craven potter Jacob Dorris Craven was one of the most prolific potters in North Carolina, producing as much as 6,000 gallons of jugs, crocks, and pitchers a year.
Accession Number: H1983.190.111.1
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stoneware salt glaze
Not currently on view
Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
The Craven family is one of the most notable North Carolina potting dynasties, beginning with Peter Craven (circa 1712–1791), who moved to North Carolina around 1745. John Anderson Craven and his three brothers, William Nicholas, Jacob Dorris, and Thomas Wesley, learned how to pot from their father, the Reverend Anderson Craven (1801–1872). John Anderson worked in partnership with his father throughout his life, while his brothers left home to start their own pottery workshops once they reached adulthood. Note the three bands of incised lines that decorate this jar. John Anderson and his brothers often employed this decorative motif, which they borrowed from the Fox family, another North Carolina dynasty of potters and one to whom they were related by marriage.
Accession Number: H1983.190.148
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stoneware salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.172
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stoneware salt glaze
Not currently on view
Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
The Craven family is one of the most notable North Carolina potting dynasties, beginning with Peter Craven (circa 1712–1791), who moved to North Carolina around 1745. Fifth-generation Craven potter Jacob Dorris Craven was one of the most prolific potters in North Carolina, producing as much as 6,000 gallons of jugs, crocks, and pitchers a year. He partnered frequently with his brother Thomas Wesley, as manifested by this jug marked “J.D. & T.W. CRAVEN”. Two of Jacob’s sons also became potters. Little work survives from Thomas, since he lived only to the age of twenty-nine.
Accession Number: H1983.190.177
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white stoneware salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.1824
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stoneware salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.188A-B
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stoneware salt glaze
Not currently on view
Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
John Anderson Craven and his three brothers, William Nicholas, Jacob Dorris, and Thomas Wesley, learned how to pot from their father, the Reverend Anderson Craven (1801–1872). John Anderson worked in partnership with his father throughout his life, while his brothers left home to start their own pottery workshops once they reached adulthood. The Craven family is one of the most notable North Carolina potting dynasties, beginning with Peter Craven (circa 1712–1791), who moved to North Carolina around 1745.
Accession Number: H1983.190.196
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stoneware salt glaze
Not currently on view
Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
The Craven family is one of the most notable North Carolina potting dynasties, beginning with Peter Craven (circa 1712–1791), who moved to North Carolina around 1745. Fifth-generation Craven potter Jacob Dorris Craven was one of the most prolific potters in North Carolina, producing as much as 6,000 gallons of jugs, crocks, and pitchers a year.
Accession Number: H1983.190.208
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stoneware salt glaze
Not currently on view
Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
The Craven family is one of the most notable North Carolina potting dynasties, beginning with Peter Craven (circa 1712–1791), who moved to North Carolina around 1745. Fifth-generation Craven potter Jacob Dorris Craven was one of the most prolific potters in North Carolina, producing as much as 6,000 gallons of jugs, crocks, and pitchers a year. Jacob Dorris and his brothers often decorated their wares with cobalt blue in order to compete with similarly decorated wares that were being imported into North Carolina from the north in the mid-1800s.
Accession Number: H1983.190.445
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stoneware salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Jacob Dorris Craven and his brother John Anderson were part of the fifth generation of Craven potters. Jacob Dorris was one of the most prolific potters in North Carolina, producing as much as 6,000 gallons of jugs, crocks, and pitchers a year.
Accession Number: H1983.190.61
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stoneware salt glaze
Not currently on view
Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
The Craven family is one of the most notable North Carolina potting dynasties, beginning with Peter Craven (circa 1712–1791), who moved to North Carolina around 1745. Fifth-generation Craven potter Jacob Dorris Craven was one of the most prolific potters in North Carolina, producing as much as 6,000 gallons of jugs, crocks, and pitchers a year.
Accession Number: H1983.190.86A-B
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stoneware salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.91
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stoneware salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.97A-B
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