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James & Ralph Clews
In 1815 the brothers James and Ralph Clews rented a pottery works from William Adams in the Staffordshire village of Cobridge where they produced their specialty, high quality blue transfer printed wares, until their partnership ended in 1834.
Serving primarily the American and Russian markets, the Clews brothers produced a number of popular American design series, including “American Views” and “The Landing of Lafayette”. In addition Clews produced the Zoological [...] Click here to continue reading.
Holdcroft Majolica
The English potter Joseph Holdcroft established the Sutherland Pottery in Longton at Daisy Bank, England in 1870 and operated until 1906 when its name changed to Holdcroft Ltd., as which they continued operations until 1920. Having eighteen years experience at the Mintons pottery, Holdcroft was proficient in manufacturing majolica, especially birds and flowers.
Holdcroft majolica is hard to date since it was rarely marked. The colors most used in his ware were [...] Click here to continue reading.
Founder R. Guy Cowan was born in East Liverpool Ohio and schooled at the New York State School of Clay-Working and Ceramics (now Alfred University) with Charles Fergus “Daddy” Binns, the school’s director, commonly referred to as “The Father of American Studio Ceramics”.
In 1908 Cowan relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, and taught ceramics at East Technical High School while continuing his own ceramic work and experimentation. Guy opened his own studio in 1912 [...] Click here to continue reading.
Marblehead Pottery
The Marblehead (Massachusetts) Pottery operated from 1904 to 1936 producing a small output of classically shaped ware in simple matte glazes, some with beautifully done handcarved designs. In 1912 a line of ten-enameled faience was introduced, including table ware, decorative pieces, bookends, etc.
Marblehead Pottery was founded by Herbert Hall as a handicraft program for the mentally ill. Arthur E. Baggs, noted Ohio potter, organized the technical work until 1915 when he [...] Click here to continue reading.
Issac Hewitt with six workers and three pottery wheels made stoneware at Rice’s Landing, Pennsylvania in the 1870′s. He termed his operation the “Excelsior Works” and stencil decorated his work with his and company name plus Rice’s Landing, Pa. (Price’s Landing Penna. and a Hewett spelling is also known). Hewitt is reported to have made 45,000 gallons of stoneware in the 1870′s, or about $6,500 worth in the currency of the day.
Wood & Sons Historical Staffordshire
Enoch Wood came from a long line of Staffordshire potters. With his sons produced a vast quantity of transfer ware in Burslem, England from 1818 to 1846, most marked Wood & Sons.
Wood was one of the first Staffordshire potters to develop the burgeoning American export market after the War of 1812, eventually producing at least fifty-eight American views, over eighty English views and a series of French views [...] Click here to continue reading.
Overbeck Pottery, Cambridge City, Indiana, 1911 to 1955
The Overbeck Pottery was founded in 1911 in Cambridge City, Indiana by four sisters; Margaret, Hannah, Elizabeth and Mary Frances, who ran the pottery from their family home.
Margaret died unexpectedly in 1911, but her sisters carried on the work. Hannah, who was an invalid, produced many of the designs. She died in 1931. Elizabeth was primarily responsible for developing glazes and clay mixtures, and also [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Union Porcelain Works was founded in Greenpoint New York circa 1854 by a group of immigrant German potters and continued in business until the first quarter of the 20th century. The pottery was purchased just before the Civil War by C. H.. L. Smith and Thomas C. Smith who made translucent bone china by introducing the kaolinic body to the pottery’s wares. Following the war they perfected plain whiteware and began to decorate [...] Click here to continue reading.
Staffordshire potters had been producing saltglazed drabware since about 1720 and a stained, glazed earthenware with stamped or sprigged ornament since 1755. Wedgwood’s drabware, with its distinctive greenish brown color, was introduced about 1811 both as a dry body stoneware used mainly for decorative objects, and as a stained earthenware, primarily used for tableware. Beginning about 1819, the stoneware usually had a smear glaze and was ornamented in contrasting colors or occasionally the stoneware [...] Click here to continue reading.
Rozenburg Pottery – Holland – 1883 to 1916
The Rozenburg pottery factory was founded by Wilhelm Wolff von Gudenberg in 1883 in Holland and operated until 1916 producing a variety of art wares. Under the artistic directorship of Theodoor Caolenbrander in the late 1880′s and 1890′s the factory produced much innovative pottery with strong art nouveau and Japanese design influences. Its primary contribution to the art nouveau movement was the development of its “eggshell” [...] Click here to continue reading.
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