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White & Wood Pottery The White & Wood Pottery was opened in Binghamton, New York by Charles N. White and George L. Wood in 1883. They made stoneware there until 1887, using the mark “White & Wood/Binghamton, N.Y.” (the first line in an arc). Charles White was the son of Nicholas A. White of White’s Potttery in Utica, New York. In 1882 Charles White was made a partner of that pottery and its mark [...] Click here to continue reading. Schafer & Vater Porcelains The Schafer and Vater factory was established in 1890 at Rudolstadt, Thuringia and produced many decorative pieces in hard paste porcelain. Six years later the business prospering enough to purchase the List Porcelain Factory at Neuhaus. By 1910 Sears Roebuck & Company had begun to import and distribute Schafer & Vater pottery into the United States bring their porcelains to a much wider market. Beginning in this year Schafer and [...] Click here to continue reading. Locke & Co. Porcelain This porcelain was manufactured by Edward Locke at a small production facility he established in 1895 at Shrub Hill, Worcester in 1895. His wares closely followed the styles used at the Royal Worcester works. They included vases, potpourri bowls, urns and other decorative pieces, often with reticulated features. A pale yellow and/or buff ground was fequently used. Locke continued this operation into the 20th century when it was taken over [...] Click here to continue reading. Ambrosius Lamm, Dresden China Producer The German Saxony capital of Dresden reached its peak as a center for producing fine hand-painted china in the century from 1850 to 1950 when over 200 decorating studios were in operation. This artistic outpouring had its origins in the nineteenth century’s translation of the earlier fashionable rococo period into a broad romantic movement expanding on themes of lush naturalism, beauty and love. The firm of A. Lamm, located [...] Click here to continue reading. Ruba Rombic Glass & Muncie Pottery In 1927 Reuben Haley designed an Art Deco line of glassware called Ruba Rombic for the Consolidated Glass Company of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. This art glass line was introduced to the trade in January 1928 at the annual industry show at the Fort Pitt Hotel in Pittsburgh. Consolidated produced all the Ruba Rombic wares except for a very rare fish bowl produced by the Phoenix Glass Co. All Ruba [...] Click here to continue reading. Moses Tyler & Charles Dillon Pottery Moses Tyler moved from Massachusetts to Albany, New York in 1822 and set up a pottery on Washington Avenue. Some time between 1826 and 1834 he formed a partnership with John Dillon and moved the pottery down the street to what had been the Cushman Pottery. Tyler left the pottery in 1834 to work alone until he retired in 1840. After Tyler’s departure Charles Dillon took Jacob Henry [...] Click here to continue reading. Whites Utica Pottery Noah White began making pottery for several local firms in Utica, New York, circa 1834, In 1839 he bought out one of these companies, the Addington Pottery, and began making stoneware with the mark “N. WHITE” with the help of his son Nicholas A. White. Another son, William, joined the pottery in 1843; both were made partners in 1849 when the firm became “N. WHITE AND SONS”. William White sold out [...] Click here to continue reading. Sevres Porcelain Sevres Porcelain is known for its high quality, gilded and hand-painted decoration and wealthy and aristrocratic clientele, the French Sevres Porcelain Factory was founded in 1738 at Chateau de Vincennes, by local craftsmen from a nearby porcelain factory at Chantilly. Louis XV, the French “Sun King”, was a partial owner of the Sevres works and granted them a twenty year monopoly along with the title of Royal Manufacturer of Porcelain. Circa 1759 [...] Click here to continue reading. Longchamp French Majolica Located near Dijon, France, the Longchamp factory specialized in oyster plates, asparagus servers and wall plaques, all decorated with lemons, apples, grapes and other fruits. For further reference, see “Majolica: A Complete History & Illustrated Survey”, by Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1989. |
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