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

by Stephen C. Compton

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634991222
• ISBN13: 9781634991223
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.8"