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Voodoo Jug
1936
Burlon B. Craig

stoneware alkaline glaze

Not currently on view

Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman

Burlon Craig probably made this vessel while working for the Reinhardt Brothers Pottery during the summer of 1936. Ten years later, when Burlon returned to the Catawba Valley after fighting in World War II, he bought the Reinhardt kiln and pottery shop to start his own business.

Accession Number: H1983.190.550

Measurements:

height: 9.5 inches
width: 7.25 inches

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