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Seagreaves Pottery
20th century Folk Art pottery, Seagreaves was the product of James Christian and Verna Seagreaves of Breinigsville, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Here is a 1999 column about them and their work from East Pennsylvania Publishing:
Breinigsville artists’ work a Pennsylvania Dutch legacy
By Julia Foster NazimovPress writer
They were unlikely artists-a couple with roots deep in Pennsylvania Dutch country; he a worker in the mill at Bethlehem Steel, she a teacher. But art [...] Click here to continue reading.
Musterschutz Steins
Made in eastern Germany during the late 19th century, these porcelain steins – many of character form – were marked “Musterschutz” – a German term literally translated as “copyrighted” or “patent-protected”. These steins were originally made by the firm of Shierholz & Sohn in the city of Plaue. In 1989 the German firm Rastal began to reproduced these steins from original factory molds. Their work was of high quality and faithful to [...] Click here to continue reading.
Fiesta Ware Pottery
Fiesta ware was introduced in 1936 by the Homer Laughlin China Co. of Newell, West Virginia as a line of lower priced dinnerware at the Pottery and Glass Show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Fiesta line was styled by the noted designer Frederic H. Read and featured a streamlined look characterized by a band on concentric circles. Most importantly, it was issued in five “festive” colors in a self-reflective glaze. The original [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Meaders Family of Folk Potters
The Meaders Pottery was started in 1892 by John M. Meaders in Mossy Creek, White County Georgia. Meaders built a log stucture and hired a potter to start the works and teach the trade to his six sons. All but one of the sons became potters, and one, Cheever, took over the original pottery in 1920. His wife Arie was a potter in her own right and specialized [...] Click here to continue reading.
Feather Edge Earthenwares
Feather Edge is a period term used by English potters and American importers for common 18th century creamware items having an embossed “comma-like” rim design. The term is specifically used in pattern books published by Wedgwood, Leeds, Castleford and the Don Pottery. It is most often found on plates and platters, but occasionally appears on hollowwares.
The term “feather edge” is frequently misused to describe pearlwares with molded and colored rims. [...] Click here to continue reading.
Shell Edge Earthenwares
Shell edge is a period term used by English potters and American importers for an impressed molded rim pattern on pearlware most commonly painted blue or green edging, but occasionally puce or red. The motif is found on flatware, hollowware and ornamental figures and was exported in great quantities to the American market in the very early 19th century.
Shell edge ware is frequently incorrectly called “feather-edge” or Leeds ware. When [...] Click here to continue reading.
America and Independence Series Historical Staffordshire
The “America and Independence” series is so named for the two female allagorical figures flanking a central view of various buildings in naturalistic settings. “America” on the left holds aloft a portrait of Washington; on the right “Liberty” kneels with a pike topped with a Liberty cap. At least fifteen central views, mostly fictional, have been identified in the series. A ribbon festoon border with fifteen states named [...] Click here to continue reading.
Caneware, a vitreous biscuit or dry body, was first produced in 1790 and was made largely from refined local marls. It was considered an unsatisfactory body by Wedgwood and was not used commercially until about 1776. Caneware was reconstituted again after 1783 and used for tea, coffee and chocolate services, dejeuner sets and cabinet pieces. A practical use of Caneware was found in the production of game-pie dishes, simulating pastry, which remained popular through [...] Click here to continue reading.
Rosso Antico is Wedgwood’s name for an unglazed dry-body red stoneware similar to Basalt and Caneware. Pieces other than tea sets, vases, plates, and jugs in this body are very rare, although from time to time it was used as decoration on other bodies such as Basalt and Caneware. Rosso Antico was made only sporadically because Josiah didn’t like it, as it reminded him of ‘redware’, an inexpensive body made by most of the [...] Click here to continue reading.
Richard & Rosemarie Machmer Provenance
The following remembrances were publishing the Pook and Pook auction catalogue for this sale, held on October 24 and 25, 2008. For coverage of this sale, please see the account in Maine Antique Digest, published in January of 2009, available at http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1014.
About thirty-five years ago, I traveled around two hours to an evening country auction in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania. As I walked into the auction house, facing me was [...] Click here to continue reading.
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