Maurice Milleur

Gulfport, MS

Metal (Pewter)

Jewelry

Guild member since 1987

Maurice, a master pewterer, is a native of Belgium who worked as a medical technologist before turning his pewter making hobby into a second career. He is self-taught and had no formal training in metal smithing before starting his own business, Pewter Graphic, and becoming one of the most well-known and respected pewter workers in the nation. Among his other projects and honors, Maurice produced the Ohr Private Collection, a line of pewter jewelry based on famed Gulf Coast potter George Ohr’s pottery. The proceeds from the sale of this collection went to bring Ohr’s pottery back into the Ohr Museum in Biloxi.