Record #:

44601

Author(s):

Owen, Ray

Abstract:

Making discovery of a redware pie plate at a Lexington County Fair in 1917, Jacques and Juliana Busbee founded Jugtown Pottery to showcase the work of North Carolina potters in the Seagrove community. After Jacques's death in 1947, Juliana was assisted by Ben Owen.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 65 Issue 1, Fall 2025, p12-15, il, por

Subject(s):

Jugtown Pottery (Firm); Busbee, Jacques James Littlejohn, 1870-1947; Busbee, Julia Rowan Taylor, 1873-1947