(Vale, North Carolina, 1914-2002) circa 1977, runny green alkaline glass glaze, rutile highlights throughout, especially in interior, "B.B. CRAIG, VALE, N.C." stamped under one of two applied lug handles, stamped "4" adjacent to that handle, thick collared flared rim, lid ledge, 17-3/4 in.

Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 128, cat. no. 277, Burrison writes, "North Carolina's last old fashioned folk potter and 1984 National Heritage Folk Fellow, Burl Craig acquired the Catawba Valley stoneware tradition from neighbor potters before buying Harvey Reinhardt's shop and kiln in 1945. His "discovery" by collectors in the 1970s prompted him to revive older local forms and techniques, such as swirl ware and melted glass decoration."

Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024