Rare 1950s mid-century modern North Carolina pottery wine cups Robert Lynn Gault Без бренда
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A beautiful pair of wine cups or or beakers by Robert Lynn Gault, in excellent condition.
Finely potted in cream earthenware (yellowware) a shallowly footed form with vertical fluting, decorated with a speckled tan or golden brown glaze.
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Lynn Gault, Birdfoot
Ridge, Brasstown, North Carolina
Southern Highland
Handicraft Guild
Biographical
Information
A native of Ohio, Robert Lynn Gault (1912-1998) was
educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Youngstown College,
Hiram College, and the University of North Carolina. He received his A.B.
degree from Hiram College in 1937 and his M.A. in dramatic art from the
University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1939.
After receiving his
master's degree, Gault taught briefly at the University of Virginia and at
Hiram College. During World War II, he served in the Signal Corps of the United
States Army and then in Anti-Aircraft, in which branch he saw action in the
Pacific. He was released with the rank of captain in 1945.
In 1946, Gault joined
the staff of the Carolina Playmakers as scene designer and technical director.
For the next five years, Gault designed and constructed stage settings,
directed and acted in Playmakers productions, and taught in the University of
North Carolina's Department of Dramatic Art.
During the summers,
Gault worked with several outdoor historical dramas as scene designer,
choreographer, and actor. He started as technical assistant for The Lost Colony
production in 1938, was made technical director in 1947, and was responsible
for rebuilding all scenery and properties after the fire that season. In 1950,
he was the original stage designer for Unto These Hills, an outdoor drama in
Cherokee, N.C.
During a summer when
Gault was working on Unto These Hills, he became intensely interested in
ceramics and, after a period of study and experimentation, decided to devote
himself full time to pottery. In 1952, he moved permanently to Brasstown, N.C.,
where he bought an old farm house on Birdfoot Ridge and started a pottery.
In Brasstown, Gault
taught pottery classes at the John C. Campbell Folk School, served on the
school's board of directors, and was one of the early members of the Southern
Highland Handicraft Guild. He was also a founding member of the Brasstown
Concert Association, and, in 1974, he helped to originate the Brasstown
Community Theatre. Gault read The Christmas Carol in a special Folk School
performance every year from 1952 through 1980.
Gault's wife Lucille
died in 1981. Gault died on 30 March 1998 at his home in Brasstown.
Ref: UNC University Libraries, The Southern Historical Collection at
the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library.
http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/g/Gault,Lynn.html
North Carolina Pottery
Collection Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
http://ncpottery.mintmuseum.org/nc-pottery/collection/H1978.203/Wine-Cup
Maker's mark: Unmarked.
Date: 1950s.
Condition: Excellent. No wear or signs of use. Rims all in perfect conditions, no nicks, chips or losses. No cracks, hairlines, or repairs of any kind
Size: Each cup is 2.3 inches (6.2 cm) tall and 3.25 inches (8.1 cm) across the rim.
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