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Collin Rhodes Photos | Digital Traditions

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Collin Rhodes Photos | Digital Traditions
Collin Rhodes (1811-1881) owned or co-owned a number of pottery factories including Pottersville, Phoenix Factory, and finally the Collin Rhodes Factory (ca. 1843) in Edgefield during the early to mid...
Phoenix Factory Photos | Digital Traditions

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Phoenix Factory Photos | Digital Traditions
The Phoenix Stone Ware Factory was established ca. 1840 by Collin Rhodes and his partner Robert Mathis. Mathis and Rhodes were the former co-owners of the Pottersville factory when they opened the...
Thomas Chandler Photos | Digital Traditions

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Thomas Chandler Photos | Digital Traditions
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
 - Episode 2 Horace Brown: Face Jug | Digital Traditions

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Horace Brown: Face Jug | Digital Traditions
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"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: Horace Brown | Digital Traditions

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Hattie Mae Stewart Brown: Horace Brown | Digital Traditions
Episode 2
"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...
Hattie Mae Stewart Brown Photos | Digital Traditions

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Hattie Mae Stewart Brown Photos | Digital Traditions
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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

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Brown's Pottery Photos | Digital Traditions
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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...