Seagrove Pottery

V
isit Seagrove, the largest community of potters with the longest continual
history of pottery making in the United States. The ceramic history of the area
began with the abundant and diverse natural clay deposits found in the area.
Native Americans were first to discover this resource and used it for both
functional and ceremonial objects.
Throughout the 1950s, potters worked together to promote
the area. The 1960s and 70s were characterized by social
changes across America with the 1976 Bicentennial
Celebration bringing a renewed interest in handcrafts. The
development of ceramic arts programs by nearby community
colleges led to the training of many area residents, and
Seagrove potters continued to train their children or other
interested apprentices in their craft. Studio artists began
to settle in the area bringing visible changes to Seagrove
throughout the remainder of the 20th century.
In 1982, local potters and citizens, recognizing the strength of continuing to preserve the history and
heritage of their craft, began to celebrate annually the weekend before Thanksgiving by organizing the
Seagrove Pottery Festival. This festival weekend
has now grown to include both the Seagrove
Pottery Festival and the Celebration of Seagrove
Potters.
Today Seagrove is known as the handmade pottery
capital of the United States where artisans create
handcrafted pottery inspired by the same traditions
that began here more than 200 years ago. With
nearly 100 shops and galleries scattered throughout
the area, you will find everything from traditional
tableware to folk and collectible art pieces and
historical reproductions.
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The building of the old Plank Road, and later the
emerging railroad system, gave potters access to broad
markets outside of their normal reach and helped to establish Seagrove’s reputation as a pottery
town. In the early 20th century Raleigh couple Jacques and Juliana Busbee, who appreciated the
local craftsmanship, used their marketing skills to promote Seagrove to an even wider market
and collectors began to embrace the craft. By the late
1920s, Seagrove pottery was well-known from the
galleries of New York to the garden shops of Florida.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
The first immigrant potters,
mostly English and German,
arrived in the late 18th century
from Pennsylvania and Virginia.
They probably settled first in
the areas closest to the Great
Wagon Road, which ran from
Pennsylvania to Georgia,
later migrating to Seagrove.
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**Color coded numbers correspond to detachable
“Seagrove Pottery Map” attached to page 21**
Cady Clay
Works 6
A. R. Britt
Pottery 1
3883 Busbee Rd,
Seagrove
910-464-5661
5650 US Hwy 220 S,
Asheboro
336-873-7736
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
(year round); Sun 12 – 5 pm
(Apr – Dec)
Avery Pottery
& Tileworks 2
636 Potters Way Rd,
Seagrove
336-873-7923
Cagle Road
Pottery 7
603 Cagle Rd,
Seagrove
336-879-2802
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
Tue – Sat 9:30 am – 5 pm
Callicutt
Pottery 8
Ben Owen
Pottery 3
5137 Seagrove Plank Rd,
Asheboro
336-873-7898
2233 S NC 705 Hwy,
Seagrove
336-879-2262
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
(Feb – Dec)
Carolina
Crockery &
Hatfield
Pottery 9
BlueStone
Pottery 4
2215 Fork Creek Mill Rd,
Seagrove
336-879-2615
Tue – Fri 10 am – 4 pm;
Sat 10 am – 5 pm
(Feb – Dec)
Bulldog
Pottery
326 Adams Rd,
Seagrove
336-879-2426
Tue – Fri 2 – 5 pm;
Sat 10 am – 5 pm;
Sun, 12 – 5 pm
(Feb - Dec)
Chris Luther
Pottery110
5
3306 US Hwy 220 Alt,
Seagrove
910-428-9728
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
4823 Busbee Rd,
Seagrove
336-301-3254
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
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Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Crystal King
Pottery 12
From the
Ground Up
2475 NC Hwy 705,
Seagrove
336-879-6990
172 Crestwood Rd,
Robbins
910-464-6228
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
(Feb – Dec);
Fri & Sat 10 am – 4 pm
(Jan)
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
(Jan – May & Aug – Dec);
Wed – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
(Jun & Jul)
DirtWorks
Pottery 13
Gingerbread
House
Pottery 18
1226 NC Hwy 705,
Seagrove
336-873-8979
240 Adams Rd,
Seagrove
336-879-1202
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Thu – Sat 10 am – 4 pm
(Mar – Dec)
Dixieland
Pottery 14
Great White
Oak Gallery 19
1162 Cagle Loop Rd,
Seagrove
336-873-8463
437 N Broad St,
Seagrove
336-873-8066
Mon – Sat 9:30 am – 5 pm
Daily 10 am – 5 pm
Dover
Pottery 15
Hickory Hill
Pottery 20
321 Dover Pottery Dr,
Seagrove
910-464-3586
4539 Busbee Rd,
Seagrove
910-464-3166
Tue – Sat 10 am – 4:30 pm
(Feb – Dec)
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
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Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
(Feb – Dec)
6077 Old US Hwy 220,
Seagrove
336-873-7412
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1360 S NC Hwy 705,
Seagrove
336-879-5272
Eck McCanless
Pottery 16
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Chrisco
Pottery 11
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EAGROVE POTTERY
Humble Mill
Pottery 21
121 N Broad St,
Seagrove
336-509-1509
Tue – Sat 11 am – 5 pm
(Feb – Dec)
Johnston &
Gentithes
Art Pottery
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1298 Fork Creek Mill Rd,
Seagrove
336-873-8727
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm;
Sun 12 – 5 pm
Latham’s
Pottery 27
22
741 Fork Creek Mill Rd,
Seagrove
336-873-9176
7297 US Hwy 220 S,
Asheboro
336-873-7303
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Jugtown
Pottery 23
330 Jugtown Rd,
Seagrove
910-464-3266
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Kovack
Pottery
Tue – Sat 8:30 am – 5 pm
Keith
Martindale
Pottery 24
4296 Busbee Rd,
Seagrove
910-464-3772
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
King’s
Pottery
25
4905 Reeder Rd,
Asheboro
336-381-3090
Mon – Sat 9 am – 4 pm
Luck’s Ware
28
1604 Adams Rd,
Seagrove
336-879-3261
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Lufkin
Pottery
29
7437 US Hwy 220 S,
Asheboro
336-873-8764
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
McCanless
Pottery 30
634 NC Hwy 705 S,
Seagrove
336-879-3610
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Tue – Sat 11 am – 5 pm
Wed – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
McKay
Pottery
32
2596 Pottery Rd,
Seagrove
336-879-4255
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
McNeill’s
Pottery 33
1208 Upper Rd,
Seagrove
336-879-3002
Tue – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
(Jan 15 – Dec 24)
Nichols
Pottery
37
1400 NC Hwy 705,
Seagrove
910-948-4392
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Not Quite My
Mother’s
featuring
Lantern Hill
Pottery 1
112 East Ave,
Seagrove
336-873-8222
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm;
Michele
Hastings &
Jeff Brown
Pottery 34
Old Gap
Pottery 38
505 E Main St,
Seagrove
336-873-1001
944 NC Hwy 705,
Seagrove
336-265-6476
Mon, Tue, & Thu
10 am – 5 pm;
Fri & Sat 10 am – 5 pm;
Sun 12 – 5 pm
Mon – Sat 10 am – 4 pm
Moore Pots
Pottery 35
333 Jugtown Rd,
Seagrove
910-464-1453
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
O’Quinn
Pottery 39
4456 Busbee Rd,
Seagrove
910-464-5125
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
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789 New Salem Rd,
Randleman
336-498-2178
EAGROVE POTTERY
213 E Main St,
Seagrove
336-879-3610
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New Salem
Pottery 36
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McCanless
Pottery
Downtown 31
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Original Owens
Pottery 40
3728 Busbee Rd,
Seagrove
910-464-3553
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm;
Sun 12 – 5 pm
Phil Morgan
Pottery 41
966 NC Hwy 705,
Seagrove
336-873-7304
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
Pottery by
Frank Neef 42
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258 E Main St,
Seagrove
336-872-4013
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Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm;
Sun 12 – 5 pm
Pottery
Junction 43
413 E Main St,
Seagrove
336-542-8515
Potts Pottery 44
5906 Southrock St,
Seagrove
336-873-9660
Thu – Sat 10 am – 4 pm
(Feb – Dec)
Ray Pottery 45
249 E Main St,
Seagrove
336-873-7707
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm;
Sun 12 – 5 pm (Sep – Dec)
Rockhouse
Pottery 46
1792 NC Hwy 705 S,
Seagrove
336-879-2053
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm;
Sun 12 – 5 pm
Seagrove
Creations
3
354 Little River Rd,
Seagrove
336-873-7204
Thu – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm;
(Jan – Mar)
Mon – Sat 9 am – 6 pm &
Sun 12:30– 5 pm
(Apr – Dec)
Pottery Road
Gallery 2
Seagrove
Pottery 4
1387 NC Hwy 705 S,
Seagrove
336-879-2600
106 N Broad St,
Seagrove
336-873-7280
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm;
Sun 11 am – 5 pm
Seagrove
Stoneware 47
Uwharrie
Crystalline 52
136 W Main St,
Seagrove
336-707-9124
126 East Ave,
Seagrove
336-460-2936
Tue – Sun 10 am – 5 pm;
Mon – Sat 10 am – 4 pm
Smith
Pottery 48
Village Pottery
Marketplace
of Seagrove 6
743 NC Hwy 705,
Seagrove
336-879-1174
205 E Main St,
Seagrove
336-873-7966
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm;
Sun 1 – 5 pm
Thomas
Pottery 49
Walton’s
Pottery 53
1295 NC Hwy 705 S,
Seagrove
336-879-4145
1387 NC Hwy 705 S,
Seagrove
336-879-2600
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
(Feb – Dec)
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Tom Gray
Pottery 50
1480 Fork Creek Mill Rd,
Seagrove
336-873-8270
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
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Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
Whynot
Pottery and
Acacia Art
Tile 54
1013 Fork Creek Mill Rd,
Seagrove
336-873-9276
Tue & Wed, Fri & Sat
10 am – 4 pm
EAGROVE POTTERY
Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
124 East Ave,
Seagrove
336-873-7381
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1680 NC Hwy 5 #125,
Aberdeen
910-420-8056
Turn & Burn
Pottery 51
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Seagrove
Pottery of the
Sandhills 5
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EAGROVE POTTERY
2170 Dan Rd,
Robbins
910-464-2120
Tue – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Windsong
Pottery 56
6109 Brantley Gordon Rd,
Denton
336-857-2485
Mon – Sat 9 am – 5 pm
Wyndham &
Brooke Haven
Pottery 57
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Williams
Pottery 55
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209 E Main St,
Seagrove
336-873-7254
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Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm;
Sun 1 – 5 pm
A tour group watches a demonstration
at Original Owens Pottery
Notes:
1 A. R. Britt Pottery (1C)
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2 Avery Pottery &
Tileworks (5E)
21 Humble Mill Pottery (6A)
40 Original Owens Pottery (5J)
3 Ben Owen Pottery (6H)
22 Johnston & Gentithes
Art Pottery (4E)
41 Phil Morgan Pottery (4D)
4 BlueStone Pottery (3F)
23 Jugtown Pottery (5J)
5 Bulldog Pottery (6D)
24 Keith Martindale
Pottery (5I)
44 Potts Pottery (4D)
25 King’s Pottery (3C)
45 Ray Pottery (6B)
26 Kovack Pottery (3E)
46 Rockhouse Pottery (6H)
27 Latham’s Pottery (2C)
47 Seagrove Stoneware (6A)
28 Luck’s Ware (6E)
48 Smith Pottery (5G)
10 Chris Luther Pottery (6I)
29 Lufkin Pottery (2D)
49 Thomas Pottery (5G)
11 Chrisco Pottery (5G)
30 McCanless Pottery (5F)
50 Tom Gray Pottery (3E)
12 Crystal King Pottery (4F)
31 McCanless Pottery
Downtown (6B)
51 Turn & Burn Pottery (5B)
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53 Walton’s Pottery (5G)
6 Cady Clay Works (5J)
7 Cagle Road Pottery (5E)
8 Callicutt Pottery (3D)
9 Carolina Crockery &
Hatfield Pottery (5F)
13 DirtWorks Pottery (4E)
14 Dixieland Pottery (4E)
15 Dover Pottery (7G)
Hickory Hill Pottery (5I)
McKay Pottery (5H)
33 McNeill’s Pottery (5E)
16 Eck McCanless Pottery (4E)
34 Michele Hastings &
Jeff Brown Pottery (3D)
17 From the Ground Up (6I)
35 Moore Pots Pottery (5J)
18 Gingerbread House
Pottery (5G)
36 New Salem Pottery (2B)
(Located in Randleman)
19 Great White Oak
Gallery (5A)
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42 Pottery by Frank Neef (6B)
43 Pottery Junction (6C)
52 Uwharrie Crystalline (6B)
54 Whynot Pottery & Acacia
Art Tile (4E)
55 Williams Pottery (7G)
56 Windsong Pottery (3A)
(Located near Denton)
57 Wyndham & Brooke
Haven Pottery (6B)
38 Old Gap Pottery (4D)
Not Quite My Mother’s
1 featuring Lantern Hill
Pottery (5B)
5 Seagrove Pottery of the
Sandhills (7J)
(Located in Aberdeen)
2 Pottery Road Gallery (5G)
6 Village Pottery Marketplace
of Seagrove (6B)
3 Seagrove Creations (4C)
O’Quinn Pottery (5I)
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Galleries
Nichols Pottery (5G)
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