Vernon Owens - Teapot with Cobalt & Lavender GlazeVernon Owens North Carolina Lightly salted, reduction fired stoneware Functional 8. 25"w x 5. 25"l x 5. 75"h About the Artist Vernon Owens is a native of Moore County, NC; his roots in pottery go back four to five generations. He grew up working in his father M. L. Owens's, shop, absorbing the style and shapes. In the late 1950's, at the age of fifteen, he also began working for C. C. Cole. In 1960, John Mare, the new owner of Jugtown Pottery, hired