Pottery: sugar bowl and creamer

Pottery: sugar bowl and creamer

Handicraft

Hilton Pottery (McDowell County, N.C.)

Pottery

This painted stoneware sugar and creamer set with dogwoods was made by Clara Maude Cobb Hilton (1885-1969) in the early 1940s. 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. Dogwood pottery, however, was always popular with tourists. This painted set was made from red clay - possibly local.

Hilton, Clara Cobb, 1885-1969

Permanent Collection

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

1940/1945

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

14552

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2008-01-04

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McDowell County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

creamer: 3" x 2.5"(dimension)

sugar: 2.75" x 2.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival