This handsome vessel, likely by Jonie Owen, stands 6" high by 7.25" across the handles by 6" in diameter. It has a classic form, a full bodied vase with trophy-like strap handles eminating at the rim to the mid-body. The Owen family has a rich and celebrated history of throwing pots in Guilford County, NC.( Please note some history below.) This vase is glazed in an awesome clear mustard glaze, which is loaded with character, very organic. It is well-marked, showing the classic outline of a log cabin on the base. It is in excellent condition, with a very good restoration to two sliver surface chips to one handle, along with the usual glaze nuances common to hand-thrown pots. This is a nice 1920s southern pot and it makes a wonderfully organic presentation.
About Log Cabin Pottery d1923-1927
Jonah ("Jonie") Owen began turning for his father at J. H. Owen Pottery before the 1920s. He was an early potter at the shop that would become North State under Henry Cooper.
Jonah Owen produced wares with his brother Walter before North State identified their products with a stamp (1924-1925). Many of the examples by Jonah demonstrated similar forms irrespective of where they were turned. Jonah’s glaze application sometimes had the exotic, somewhat abstract appearance not unlike C. B. Masten examples that would have come a decade later.

Rebecca Palmer hired Jonah Owen in 1924 and he brought with him some of the shapes fashioned at J. H. Owen, his father’s pottery. The vase with trophy-like handles is a notable example. Earlier in 1923, Bessie and Tweet Hunter had hired Jonah Owen, Clarence Cole, and Cecil Auman to turn for them at Log Cabin Pottery located in the Guilford College area. Jonah’s examples were turned and often glazed at the Hunter site but fired elsewhere in Seagrove making quality control difficult. The identifying stamp or logo was a log cabin drawn on the bottom of the greenware, often by Myrtice Owen the designer. This was later covered with glaze. Jonah Owen’s examples can only be designated by their turning characteristics. Log Cabin Pottery was a short-lived operation (1923-1927) and after it closed Jonah Owen set up his own operation at Sodom.
Online Blog source: The Mystique of North Carolina Art Potter, by A. Everette James Jr.