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North Carolina's Moravian Potters: The Art and Mystery of Pottery-Making in Wachovia

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North Carolina's Moravian Potters: The Art and Mystery of Pottery-Making in Wachovia - Compton, Stephen C, and Brown, Johanna (Foreword by)
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North Carolina's eighteenth and nineteenth-century Moravian potters were remarkable artisans whose products included coarse earthenware, slip-trailed decorated ware, Leeds-type fine pottery, press-molded stove tiles, figural bottles, toys, and salt-glazed stoneware. Silesian-born and German-trained potter Gottfried Aust was the first to arrive in Bethabara in 1755. After that, numerous apprentices of his carried on the trade in the state and beyond. Some apprentices rose to the rank of master potter. Aust's most successful ...

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North Carolina's Moravian Potters: The Art and Mystery of Pottery-Making in Wachovia 2019, America Through Time

ISBN-13: 9781634991223

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