Category: Pottery

The Catawbas teach former enemy their pottery secrets

The Catawbas maintained the longest pottery-making tradition in N. America. They were instrumental in keeping Cherokee pottery-making viable.

Jesse Vestal’s 1849 poem jug was the first piece acquired by William King Museum of Art as part of its Cultural Heritage Collection.

The Meaders family of potters is probably the most influential family in the history of Southern Appalachian folk pottery.

Honored by the Library of Congress, chosen to participate in the Bicentennial Local Legacies Project, her works are in the Smithsonian.

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