Miller's Pottery


  • Address: 2324 AL-5
  • Vicinity: S of Bent, AL
  • Type: Potter
  • Activity Category: Shopping

Miller's Pottery stands along Alabama Highway 5 in Brent, Alabama, as one of the state's enduring folk-craft studios, a workshop where the tan clay of Perry County is turned by hand into jugs, churns, vases, and everyday wares. The Miller family has worked as potters for more than 150 years, carrying forward techniques brought from France and refined through generations of Southern practice. Its clientele ranges from local residents and regional hardware stores to collectors of traditional folk art. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1870/00/00 Abraham Miller, a former Union soldier from Lancaster, PA, comes to work for the LaCoste family in Montose, marries LaCoste's daughter Frances, and learns the pottery craft. Miller will later move his new family to central Alabama and open his own shop.
1964/00/00 Abraham Miller's grandson, Hendon Miller opens a pottery on Highway 5 south of Brent in southern Bibb County, choosing the site for its access to a natural gas line and proximity to the Perry County clay beds long used by his forefathers.

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Particulars for Miller's Pottery:
Art Style Folk Art
Craft Potter
Object Pottery
Historic Use Retail shop
Building use Studio, workshop



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Activity Category Shopping

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