Charlie (Charles) Brown is known for wheel-thrown midrange stoneware functional pottery fired to cone 5 - 6. Brown makes a variety of turned functional wares as well as face jugs, bean pots, and bird bottles (houses).
His father, Louis Brown, and grandfather, Davis P. Brown, were masters of the face jug. Charlie makes face jugs some of which are 50 inches tall and he reports* sculpting a face jug can take up to 6 hours. He and his brother, Robert, are 10th generation North Carolina potters. They took over Brown?s Pottery from their grandfather, Davis, who founded Brown?s Pottery in 1924. During much of the time Charlie and Robert ran the pottery they not only produced their own line of functional work but also made ceramic cookware for Societe Industrielle Vallaurise A.M., a French company for sale in its New York City store. * The brothers worked together until 1988. Charlie and his wife, Jeanette Brown, continued running Brown?s Pottery from 1988 onward.
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