Pottery: vase

Pottery: vase

Handicraft

Pisgah Forest Pottery

Pottery

This pottery vase features a turquoise crackle glaze on the outside with a rose or peach glaze on the inside. It was made by W.B. Stephen of Pisgah Forest Pottery in the 1940s. The vase is stamped on the bottom with a cameo of a potter and "PISGAH FOREST 194_" (the last digit is illegible). Walter Benjamin Stephen (1875-1961) also known as W.B. Stephen, founded Pisgah Forest Pottery around 1926 in Arden, North Carolina. Stephen's pottery was known for its unusual shapes and unique glazes, such as this turquoise crackle glaze. Stephen's pottery was known for its unusual shapes and unique glazes. Stephen made a new marking plate every year from 1927-1954, so that the gradual development of Pisgah Forest Pottery can be charted over time.

Stephen, Walter Benjamin, 1875-1961

Pauline Hood Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1940/1949

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

12227

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/12227

2006-01-10

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

Diameter 3.5” Rim diameter 2.5”, Height 5”(dimension)

Craft Revival