Jugtown Pottery

Jugtown Pottery began in 1917 when Raleigh artists Jacques and Juliana Busbee discovered an orange pie dish they traced back to the Pinehurst area. From there, they found the local tradition of making utilitarian pottery in orange, earthenware, and salt glazes. In hopes of preserving the dwindling craft, they set up shop in New York's Greenwich Village and hired NC potters to fill orders for customers. Today, Vernon and Pam Owens run the kiln and shop in Seagrove and opened the Jugtown Museum in 1988, which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. You can shop for pottery and learn more of the history in town, then make a trip eastward to peruse the largest permanent public display of Jugtown pottery at the Greenville Museum of Art.