Pottery: figure of Mary with Christ child

Pottery: figure of Mary with Christ child

Handicraft

Hilton Pottery (McDowell County, N.C.)

Pottery

This painted stoneware figure of Mary with the Christ child was made by Clara Maude Cobb Hilton (1885-1969) probably between 1925 and 1935. Hilton Pottery was a family pottery which made functional pottery starting just after the Civil War. The pottery, originally located in Catawba County, moved to McDowell County in 1934. Clara Hilton took over the pottery after her husband's death, adding a line of decorative work and figurines for which she became known. Creche figures were popular items and a finer clay was imported for the figurines.

Hilton, Clara Cobb, 1885-1969

Permanent Collection

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

1925/1935

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

14547

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2008-01-19

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McDowell County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

5" x 3"(dimension)

Craft Revival