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.
The Mint Museum is working diligently to ensure that all objects from our collection are represented on our website, at this time only a portion are available for view.
earthenware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Archie Teague was the son of potter James G. Teague and nephew of Bryan “Duck” Teague, who establish Teague Pottery in Robbins in 1928 as part of a large family of potters in the Seagrove area. Archie operated the H. and T. Pottery with his father-in-law, Homer Hancock, until 1969.
Accession Number: H1983.190.1007
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earthenware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.1105
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earthenware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.1129
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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: H1983.190.117
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earthenware lead 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: H1983.190.1213
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earthenware lead 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: H1983.190.1263
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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
Nicholas Fox made salt-glazed stoneware vessels, and he has been described as one of the finest nineteenth-century potters working in that tradition. Fox's son, Himer J. Fox was also a potter.
Accession Number: H1983.190.127
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stoneware alkaline 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: H1983.190.13
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earthenware swirlware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.1360
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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: H1983.190.144
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earthenware salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Charles C. Cole ran a successful pottery from 1938 until his death in 1967, specializing in decorative pieces for the tourist trade and jugs for wholesalers like the Shenandoah Candy Company. After Charlie died, his family continued to operate his pottery for six more years.
Accession Number: H1983.190.1481.1-2
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earthenware 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: H1983.190.1539
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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: H1983.190.156
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earthenware 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: H1983.190.1576
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earthenware 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: H1983.190.1672
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earthenware salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Charles C. Cole ran a successful pottery from 1937 until his death in 1967, specializing in decorative pieces for the tourist trade. After Cole died, his family continued to operate his pottery for six more years.
Accession Number: H1983.190.1686
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stoneware swirlware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Enoch Reinhardt and his brother Harvey opened their pottery about 1932 near Vale. They made utilitarian wares as well as objects for the tourist trade. Enoch specialized in making swirlware, in which two colors of clay are turned together on the potter’s wheel to create a swirled effect.
Accession Number: H1983.190.16A-B
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white stoneware swirlware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.1787
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white stoneware swirlware
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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 swirlware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.1852
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earthenware swirlware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.1858A-B
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earthenware swirlware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.1896
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earthenware swirlware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.1898A-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: H1983.190.190
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Himer Jacob Fox was part of the third generation of Fox potters in North Carolina, and he learned to turn from his father. The bands of incised decoration that Himer has employed so elegantly on this jug were a trademark of the Foxes.
Accession Number: H1983.190.20
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised 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: H1983.190.218
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Dorothy Cole Auman, an eighth-generation potter, and her husband Walter, also a potter with roots in the Seagrove tradition, began their collection with a great interest in preserving the rich history of North Carolina ceramics. Dorothy’s research, archeological excavations, and accumulation of pottery details the region’s history from its eighteenth-century origins with German and English immigrant pottery, to the development of a functional ceramic industry in the nineteenth century, and the emergence of an art pottery tradition in the twentieth.
Accession Number: H1983.190.228
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised colored slip
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.28
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised 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. Sixth-generation Craven potter Isaac Franklin Craven was the son of Jacob Dorris Craven and brother to Daniel Zebedee, all potters. Isaac worked at his father’s shop in Moore County until he married. He then opened his own workshop in Randolph County. The old masking tape label on the side of this jug reads “Tar Bill Maness,” and the jug still contains tar and is coated with tar on its surface. Bill Maness was a local tar producer.
Accession Number: H1983.190.285
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised 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: H1983.190.332
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
C.B. Masten has layered a cobalt blue glaze over a swirled body, achieving an effect not common in North Carolina pottery.
Accession Number: H1983.190.363
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised slip
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Accession Number: H1983.190.37
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Dorothy Cole Auman was the eighth generation of Coles to work in clay and among the first women to work as potters in North Carolina. Prior to the twentieth century, pottery making had been almost exclusively a male world. She was also important in the preservation of the history of the North Carolina pottery tradition. Her vast collection ultimately came to The Mint Museum, where the story of this important craft is preserved.
Accession Number: H1983.190.388A-B
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised 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: H1983.190.416
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised 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: H1983.190.442
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised ash glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Davis Pennington Brown (1895-1967) and his brother, Evan Javan Brown (1897-1980) moved to North Carolina in 1923 and established a pottery in Arden. They initially produced utilitarian wares but gradually changed over to art pottery. Evan’s son, also named Evan, was a potter too.
Accession Number: H1983.190.467
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised 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: H1983.190.476
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised swirlware
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Enoch Reinhardt and his brother Harvey opened their pottery about 1932 near Vale. They made utilitarian wares as well as objects for the tourist trade. Enoch specialized in making swirlware, in which two colors of clay are turned together on the potter’s wheel to create a swirled effect.
Accession Number: H1983.190.540
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised alkaline glaze
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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
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised alkaline 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: H1983.190.585A-B
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised alkaline glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Thurston Cole was the son of Charles C. Cole and brother to Dorothy Cole Auman. He worked for C. C. Cole Pottery from 1940 to 1965. When large orders came in, Thurston was able to throw hundreds of pots in a day.
Accession Number: H1983.190.666
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised alkaline glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Thurston Cole was the son of Charles C. Cole and brother to Dorothy Cole Auman. He worked for C. C. Cole Pottery from 1940 to 1965. When large orders came in, Thurston was able to throw hundreds of pots in a day.
Accession Number: H1983.190.676
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised alkaline glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
David Hartsoe (Hartzog) came to Lincoln County from Pennsylvania sometime before 1850. His family lived next to the Seagles, another important potting family. Two of David’s four sons became potters.
Accession Number: H1983.190.7
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised alkaline glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Arthur Ray Cole had a great enthusiasm for form and color, and his kiln openings were famous for selling out quickly. His brother was Charles C. Cole, a potter who also ran the C.C. Cole Pottery in Moore County.
Accession Number: H1983.190.727
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised alkaline glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Melvin Lee Owens learned to turn pottery from his father, James Henry Owen. When Melvin took over his father’s shop, he changed its name to M.L. Owens Pottery, adding an “s” to the family name. Five of Melvin’s children became potters.
Accession Number: H1983.190.738
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised alkaline 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: H1983.190.75
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised alkaline 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: H1983.190.785
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised alkaline 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: H1983.190.960
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised alkaline 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: H1983.190.969
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wheel-thrown stoneware incised 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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wheel-thrown earthenware incised 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: H1983.190.988
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised 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 Teague Pottery was established in 1928 by Bryan “Duck” Teague, part of a large family of potters in the Seagrove area.
Accession Number: H1983.190.993
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised salt glaze
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Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary and Daisy Wade Bridges from the Collection of Walter and Dorothy Auman
Archie Teague was the son of potter James G. Teague and nephew of Bryan “Duck” Teague, who establish Teague Pottery in Robbins in 1928 as part of a large family of potters in the Seagrove area. Beginning in 1960 Archie operated the H. and T. Pottery with his father-in-law, Homer Hancock, until 1969.
Accession Number: H1983.190.997
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wheel-thrown earthenware incised 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: H1983.190.999
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