>Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:21:59 -0500 >To: Betty A Pace <bapace2@juno.com> >From: Ann Massengill/John Evans <NICOJAK@ftc-i.net> >Subject: Re: [NCJOHNST] EARLY ARTISTS IN NORTH CAROLINA >In-Reply-To: <20010210.093813.-3961751.0.BAPACE2@juno.com> > >At 06:00 AM 2/10/2001 +0000, you wrote: >>So far I have found two silversmiths in my North Carolina lines. I have >>been told of a book entitled something like "Artists of North Carolina" >>but this may not be the exact title. It may have a reference to one of >>my silversmiths, DAVID L. POOL (1813-1868Rowan). >>Does any one know of such a book? >> >>In the bibiliography of a book on early silver, I found a citing of: >>"The Silversmiths of North Carolina," published by the State Department >>of Archives and History, Raleigh, 1948. Does anyone know how I could get >>a copy of this book/pamphlet? I didn't know the Archives published >>things like this. >> >>Betty Pace >> >> >Betty, I don't know about silversmiths, but you may also want to learn about the potters of Moore County. We used to go over there and drive through one of the little towns, I think it was Robbins but it's been a long time. Each family has its own kiln, and they make a salt-glazed pottery according to their family's traditional designs. Along Highway 220(?) from Rockingham to Asheboro, there is a place called "Jugtown", where they started selling to tourists. There is a museum of their work at Seagrove. I've been told that they were able to make pottery because they live along the same line of kaolin/clay that runs through the lower Sand Hills from the phosphates mines in South Georgia. It would seem logical that the curator of the Potter's Museum would know about silversmiths throughout Eastern Tarheelia and could put you in touch with someone who knows about your family's work. > >Life is good... annie