Pisgah Forest Pottery

William Benjamin Stephen (1875 - 1961) founded Pisgah Forrest pottery near Asheville, North Carolina in 1926 running until his death in 1961. The company produced ceramics influenced by Arts and Crafts ideals, but differed from such potters in that its wares were porcelain glazed at high temperatures. The firm was well known for its slip glaze decoration - much like pate sur pate - and its crystalline glazes. Museums have begun to take a keen interest in Pisgah Forrest Pottery as a unique and special moment in American ceramics.