This pitcher with handle probably served as a buttermilk jug. In excellent condition, the pitcher bears no potter's mark but is likely from Buncombe County in the 1930s, possibly Penland family pottery or one of the potteries in the Candler, N.C.…
This stoneware vase features an unglazed exterior with an interior glazed with Albany Slip. Although the maker of the vase is unidentified, it was possibly made in the 1920s by Brown's Pottery in Arden, N.C or the Penland family pottery.
This pottery jug with loop handle was made by W.B. Stephen of Pisgah Forest Pottery in 1940. The glaze on this jug is aubergine (dark purple) at the base and fades to turquoise at the top. The bottom is stamped "PISGAH FOREST 1940" with a cameo of a…
This miniature pitcher with handle was made by Walter B. Stephen of Pisgah Forest Pottery in 1947. It is finished with a turquoise glaze on the outside and rose/peach on the inside. The pitcher is stamped on the bottom with the cameo of a potter and…
Postcard displaying handmade loom with men weaving cloth. Back of card reads, "Handmade loom at Biltmore Industries, Inc., Asheville, N.C., where beautiful Biltmore Handwoven Homespuns have been created for over half a century."
Daniel Boone, fifth generation from the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734-1820), working on wrought iron at Boone Forge, in Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, N.C. This picture was taken around the year 1927.
This double scroll was created by Daniel Boone, VI from wrought iron. Although made in the 1950s, this is typical of the work Boone was creating in the 1940s. Boone was a fifth generation blacksmith, trained by his father Kelse Boone of Burnsville,…
This wrought iron cooking fork features a spiral shaft and a leaf curled handle and was made by Daniel Boone VI of Spruce Pine, N.C. This tool has "Daniel Boone" inscribed just above the fork. Although made in the 1950s, this is typical of the work…
This wrought iron cooking fork features a spiral shaft and a leaf curled handle and was made by Daniel Boone VI of Spruce Pine, N.C. This tool has "Daniel Boone" inscribed just above the fork. Although made in the 1950s, this is typical of the work…