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Stephen Ferrell demonstrates molding a piece of pottery on the wheel. 

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Stephen Ferrell demonstrates molding a piece of pottery on the wheel. 

Thomas Chandler Photos | Digital Traditions
Thomas Chandler Photos | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Thomas Chandler (1810-1854) was perhaps the most skillful potter to work in Edgefield. Born in Drummondtown, Virginia, he is believed to have been a descendant of John Chandler of Fulham, England, who...
Hattie Mae Stewart Brown: Horace Brown | Digital Traditions
Hattie Mae Stewart Brown: Horace Brown | Digital Traditions
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"A story of whiskey jugs and watermelons told by Horace Brown." The daughter of Mississippi potter Homer Wade Stewart, Hattie Mae married journeyman potter Horace “Jug” Brown. She met Brown when he...
Horace Brown: Face Jug | Digital Traditions
Horace Brown: Face Jug | Digital Traditions
Episode 3

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Grades: Higher Education

"Horace Brown makes a face jug as remembered by his son." The daughter of Mississippi potter Homer Wade Stewart, Hattie Mae married journeyman potter Horace “Jug” Brown. She met Brown when he worked...
Hattie Mae Stewart Brown Photos | Digital Traditions
Hattie Mae Stewart Brown Photos | Digital Traditions
Episode 4

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The daughter of Mississippi potter Homer Wade Stewart, Hattie Mae married journeyman potter Horace “Jug” Brown. She met Brown when he worked in her family’s Louisville, Mississippi pottery in the...
Brown's Pottery Photos | Digital Traditions
Brown's Pottery Photos | Digital Traditions
Episode 2

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Grades: Higher Education

A fifth-generation potter, Otto Brown (1899-1980) was a true journeyman potter. The son of Georgia potter James Osborne Brown, Otto turned pots in Alabama, Georgia, and both Carolinas, often with his...
Horatio Manning Boggs: Ralph Miller | Digital Traditions
Horatio Manning Boggs: Ralph Miller | Digital Traditions
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"Ralph P Miller tells of potting heritage and Yankee origins" Horatio Boggs is descended from a long line of family potters with roots in Alamance County, North Carolina. Like many other potters in...
Horatio Manning Boggs Photos | Digital Traditions
Horatio Manning Boggs Photos | Digital Traditions
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Horatio Boggs is descended from a long line of family potters with roots in Alamance County, North Carolina. Like many other potters in the 19th century, the Boggs family migrated southwestward in the...