A lily Jar made by Ben Owen Sr. at Jugtown Pottery. A great vase to display flowers on a table or a mantle. The vase has four handles on the shoulders. Influenced by forms seen in early Chinese glazed pottery during the Song and Tang Dynasties and early Japanese techniques. Measuring 6”w x 7.5”h.
Please Note: What appear to be white spots on the surface are reflections from photo lighting.
Frogskin is the same glaze as a Teadust glaze but fired in the back of a salt glaze woodkiln where salt is added to the firing at the very end. The sodium in the salt reacts similarly to the way bleach works on clothing by bleaching the iron-rich glaze creating an olive green to mustard-colored finish with a glossy surface. Historically, Ben III’s family and many other potters in the Seagrove area became aware of natural clay from Albany, NY (known as Albany Slip) that could be used as a glaze by itself to produce this type of finish with the addition of salt thrown in the kiln at the end of the firing.
Signed with the stamp Jugtown Ware. The stamp was used at Jugtown from 1923 through 1959. The potters who made work at Jugtown with this stamp were JH Owen (1923), Charlie Teague (1923–1931), and Ben Owen (1923—1959).This piece is part of our "Pots From the Past" release. A treasured piece of North Carolina history!