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MAKER: Potter Daniel Seagle’s family were early settlers in Lincoln County, North Carolina, arriving from Pennsylvania in the late 18th-century. Daniel Seagle (1805-1867) made both lead-glazed earthenware and alkaline-glazed stoneware, although very few of his earthenware pieces have survived. He likely trained under his father, Adam, who probably made lead-glazed earthenware. The kiln of Daniel Seagle was excavated in the winter of 1987-1988 by archaeologist Linda Carnes-McNaughton. Evidence from the kiln excavation gives a glimpse into the technical world of Seagle’s pottery making, as well as reveals the large cross-draft, or “groundhog,” kiln that Seagle used to fire his pottery.
Harpe, Jason and Brian Dedmond.”Valley Ablaze: Pottery Tradition in the Catawba Valley.” Conover, NC: Goosepen Studio & Press, 2012.
Nash, John. “”Daniel Seagle and James F. Seagle.” In POTTERS OF THE CATAWBA VALLEY, edited by Daisy Wade Bridges, Vol. IV of “Journal of Studies: Ceramic Circle of Charlotte,” 16. Charlotte, NC: Mint Museum, 1980.