Twin Winton Hillbilly Pottery

In 1947 Don Winton designed and Twin Winton introduced the Hillbilly line. The Hillbilly fad lasted about three years until 1950. The hillbilly line was extremely popular and the factory could barely keep up production. The Hillbilly line was inspired by the Paul Webb cartoon series and featured hand painted pottery of the Ozark Mountain Men and Women, in different hand-painted colors, against a simulated wood grain finish, under glaze.

The Hillbilly series included lamps, pitchers, mug sets, pretzel bowls, ash trays, salt pepper shakers, cigarette boxes, wall pockets, candy dishes, bathing bowls, punch bowls and cups, pouring spouts, figurines, dresser caddys, ice buckets, napkin holders, banks, decanters, tankards and many more pieces. You can read more in depth on the Hillbilly pottery line in the "Don Winton Designs Book" by Michael Ellis starting on page 108.

The largest known Twin Winton Hillbilly collection is located in Wichita, Kansas and is owned by Shawn and Denise James. They have graciously provided a small sampling of pictures from their vast collection and at a later date will provide pictures of their entire Twin Winton Hillbilly collection. They are a wide collector of pottery and their vast collections includes cookie jars, Red Riding Hood pottery, Shawnee and of course The Twin Winton Hillbilly series. They really enjoy the humorous nature of the Hillbilly series and enjoy networking with other pottery collectors. If you have any questions about their collection they would love to hear from you.