The Mint Museum Shops are proud to be your source for pottery books of North and South Carolina pottery. Enjoy these numerous books, available at both of our museum locations.
By James C. Jordan III, Daisy Wade-Bridges, Leonidas J. Beets and Dr. Bert and Mary Silverman
This book contains three essays and a lengthy interview with Hussey. It gives a complete picture of his background, examines the inspiration for his work and details his stature among North Carolina potters. 1997
Softcover | 8.5 x 11 inches
36 pages | 197 illustrations; 23 color, 174 B&W images
$20.00 | non-members #1389
$18.00 | members
Leonard Todd
Carolina Clay is a mesmerizing story about a slave known only as “Dave,” who learned to turn pots in South Carolina. Dave inscribed poems into his pots and signed them even though it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write in the antebellum South. 2008
Hardcover | 6.5 x 9.5 inches
317 pages | 56 illustrations; 28 color
$25.95 | non-members #3024
$23.35 | members
Betty Hurst and Jay Fields
A complete guide to craft galleries in Western North Carolina. It contains a list of locations, accommodations, operating hours, and selected maps. 2003
Softcover | 5 X 8.5 inches
247 pages | 439 illustrations; 413 color
$19.95 | non-members #301
$17.95 | members
Quincy Scarborough
This book follows an interesting genealogy format connecting the famous Craven dynasty of potters. It categorizes identifying makers with their marks, shows their techniques, and reveals where and when they worked. 2005
Softcover | 8.5 x 11 inches
143 pages | 116 illustrations; 29 color
$39.95 | non-members #1095
$35.96 | members
Irv Green and Andrea Gross
1997
A comprehensive guide to the crafts, artisans, and studios of Western North Carolina. Provides a complete listing of addresses, prices, hours, phone numbers, and specialties. 1997
Softcover | 5.5 X 7.5 inches
299 pages | 68 illustrations
$14.95 | non-members #1152
$13.46 | members
Barbara Stone Perry
2004
This volume catalogues more than four hundred individual pieces in the museum’s collection and includes five essays by authorities in the field of ceramics, providing a visual and textual guide to a vibrant living craft. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, the catalogue includes descriptive entries on potters and their potteries. 2004 Mint Museum Publication.
212 pages | 395 illustrations; 384 color
9 x 12 inches
$39.95 | non-members | Hardcover #1530
$35.96 | members
$24.95 | non-members | Softcover #1550
$22.45 | members
Pat H. Johnston and Disy Wade Bridges
A partial reprint of the 1983 publication Oscar Louis Bachelder, A Mountain Visionary from the exhibition at The Mint Museum in November 2003. First published in 1983
Softcover | 8.5 x 9 inches
36 pages | 26 illustrations
$9.50 | non-members #1649
$8.55 | members
by Nancy Sweezy
A great reference book about Southern potters with detailed descriptions of their work, methods, and pottery type. Copyright 1984 by the Smithsonian Institution; first published by UNC Press in 1994.
Softcover | 8 x 11 inches
208 illustrations; 8 color
$32.50 | non-members #1392
$29.25 | members
Charles G. Zug, III
Learn the classic methods for making stoneware, from history to techniques and culture of North Carolina potters in the Piedmont. Includes extensive descriptions of pottery methods. 1986
Softcover | 8.5 x 10 inches
450 pages | 293 illustrations; 19 color
$53.00 | non-members #1924
$47.70 | members
