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The Mead Family Of Ohio Potters Ira M. Mead (Sr.) was the first member of the family to come to North Springfield, Ohio from central Vermont around 1820. (North Springfield was a village located in Springfield Township of what was Portage County prior to 1840 and Summit County thereafter. Today it is part the Akron suburbs.) Biographical reports indicate that his three sons, Ira M., Abner R, and Truman P., were all trained as [...] Click here to continue reading. Mary Louise McLaughlin (1847-1939) Mary Louise McLaughlin, pioneered the technique of underglaze decoration of ceramics after viewing the Haviland & Co. display of slip painted faience at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The visit inspired her to discover this technique, known only to Haviland at the time. She acquired the proper coloring agents in September 1877, and in January 1878 fired her first successful piece, becoming the first in the United States to do [...] Click here to continue reading. The M. Austin & Jill R. Fine Collection Marcus Austin Fine’s passion for collecting American Folk Art played an integral role in our family life. There are so many memories. Vacations and drop-offs at summer camps and colleges always included stops off the beaten path to visit antiques dealers, auctions or shows. At an early age, my sister and I boycotted these visits, remaining in the stifling car reading teen magazines. Many years later, [...] Click here to continue reading. Raymond Fernand Loewy (1893 to 1986) Raymond Loewy created a vast array of designs ranging from the Studebaker to space stations, stamps and the Shell logo. During an astonishingly varied and productive life, Loewy designed airplanes, helicopters, trains, buses, cars and speedboats, along with space stations, satellites and other conceptual works for NASA. His logos for Exxon, Shell, Lucky Strike cigarettes and Carling Black Label beer are recognized around the world. Born, raised [...] Click here to continue reading. THE LIVINGSTONS OF THE LIVINGSTON MANOR The Livingston dynasty is among the most important in American history. Members of the family settled in colonial New York in the seventeenth century and soon ranked among the patricians (their coat of arms is one of several represented in the capitol at Albany). Branches of the Livingston family were involved in major events throughout the past 300 years: members of the Continental Congress; signers of the Declaration [...] Click here to continue reading. Emile Aubert Lessore (French, 1805 1876) Born in Paris, France, the son of a notary and with no family history of painters or decorators, Emile Aubert Lessore studied art under Louis Hesent, a not notable painter, until he joined the Atelier of Jean August Dominique Ingres, where he painted in both watercolor and oils. Lessore’s work was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1831. In 1835, a collection of 50 or so plates painted [...] Click here to continue reading. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) Rockwell Kent was a critically acclaimed painter, muralist, printmaker, book illustrator, graphic artist, expert on typography, architect, builder, and craftsman. He lived in Maine, Newfoundland, Alaska, Greenland, and the Adirondacks. He was also an author, lecturer, explorer, farmer, dairyman, social activist, and amateur politician. His individuality, nonconformist views, and outspoken support of leftist causes during the early twentieth century through the 1950s brought him denunciation at the height of his career, [...] Click here to continue reading. Irene Borden Keep (American, 1876 to 1954) Irene Borden Keep was listed in the Tulane catalogue as a special art student 1900 to 1902 and as a pottery worker 1903 to 1904. She decorated for Newcomb Pottery. Jones Pottery The Jones Pottery of Pittston, Pennsylvania was operated in the 19th century by Evan R. Jones and Evan B. Jones. These stoneware potters may be father and son or brothers, the relationship remains unclear. Evan R. Jones’s life dates may be 1866 to 1923. (The July 16, 1904 issue of the Pittston Gazette reports the marriage of Richard Alonzo Jones who was the “…son of Evan R. Jones who once conducted a [...] Click here to continue reading. Jasperware The formula for Jasper, a dense white stoneware, was Josiah Wedgwood’s most closely guarded secret. For the chemically-inclined, we know that it contains one part calcined flint, three parts purbeck clay, one quarter part fired and washed alabaster, and six parts sulfate of barium, all fired at about 1200-1250 degrees centigrade. When thinly potted and fired at slightly higher temperatures, Jasper becomes translucent and rings like porcelain. “Invented” by Wedgwood after many [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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