Vintage Dryden Original '79 Clay Bean Pot

Dryden Original Bean Pot dated 1979.  Slight damage as noted below.  Dryden Pottery was founded in 1956 in Hot Springs Arkansas.  Dryden was warmly welcomed into the Hot Springs business community. He had purchased land and a building at 341 Whittington Avenue, near Hot Springs National Park.   He applied his successful Kansas business model to his new Arkansas setting: long work hours with varied and creative advertising schemes—often depicting cartoon characters—which encouraged people to visit the factory and watch craftsmen at work before entering the salesroom.   He continued his use of a high-speed dental drill to personalize pre-fired pottery before glazing and final firing and, in this way, produced a time-consuming but highly appealing souvenir. Source:  The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture  Overall width:  12 (handle to handle) Overall height: 7.75  Damage - Chip on outside edge of lid & lid handle chip/repair