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The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community
The Ephrata Cloister or Community was a religious community established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The community was descended from the pietistic Schwarzenau Brethren movement of Alexander Mack of Schwarzenau in Germany. The first schism from the general body occurred in 1728 – the Seventh Day Dunkers, whose distinctive principle was that the seventh day was the [...] Click here to continue reading.
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The Foster-Lemmens Collection
THREE GENERATIONS OF ANTIQUARIANS
Foster’s Antiques of Wexford, Pennsylvania, like so many American businesses, had a small grass roots beginning. Bud Foster returned from World War II and started the business with his wife Tommie in 1946 on Route 910 in Allegheny County. The timing could not have been more perfect. GFs were returning home, and with the help of government financing, were [...] Click here to continue reading.
Estate of Joseph Stanley
For more than 200 years, residents and visitors passing in and out of New Hope, PA along Old York Road have scene a handsome high-walled mansion on the hill. Built between 1816 and 1823, Cintra was the dream of William Maris, a romantic and financially reckless entrepreneur who modeled his grand residence on a Portuguese castle of the same name.
For twenty-three years, the interior of the New [...] Click here to continue reading.
Bourdaloue
Formed as a small oval, slipper shaped vessel, the bourdalou is a lady’s urinal or chamber pot designed for use in public places such as churches or while traveling. The earliest surviving examples of bourdaloue are circa 1710 European products; these vessels were usually made of porcelain or pottery, particularly delft, but are known in silver or japanned metal. They were made throughout the Continent and in England, with export examples made in [...] Click here to continue reading.
American Belleek Porcelain
American Belleek porcelain is characterized by a thin, highly translucent feldspathic body, finished with a thin, pale pearly glaze.
While American Belleek is a recent development, compared to other types of porcelain, it does have an interesting background. It traces a beginning back to Philadelphia and the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. A display of very thin, lightweight glazed Irish Belleek drew much attention from the visiting public. This interest resulted in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Pewabic Pottery, 1903 to 1961 and Later
What eventually became the Pewabic Pottery was started as an informal workshop by Mary Chase Perry (born 1867, died 1961) and Horace Caulkins in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1903. Mary was one of many influential potters who studied 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 [...] Click here to continue reading.
Nonconnah Pottery
The Nonconnah Pottery, an Indian term translating as “Long Stream”, started in 1901 in Memphis, Tennessee where it operated until 1910. It relocated to Skyline, North Carolina in 1913 where it produced pottery from 1913 to 1916.
The pottery was operated by Walter B. Stephen and Nellie Randall Stephen (died 1913), a mother/son team of potters producing molded or wheel thrown pieces. Walter left the pottery for the construction business circa 1916, [...] Click here to continue reading.
Tucker Pottery & Porcelains
The first successful attempt to establish a true hardpaste porcelain manufactury in America was made by William Ellis Tucker, who established his “American China Manufactory” on Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1825. Tucker had been decorating china previously and firing it in a homemade kiln before his experiments led him to successfully create an opaque white earthenware. His first products had a yellow cast and were hand-decorated with simple [...] Click here to continue reading.
Hugh C. Robertson (1844 to 1908)
The art pottery era is filled with Robertsons, but there is only one Hugh.
Hugh Cornwell Robertson managed two notable Massachusetts potteries: Chelsea Keramic Art Works and Dedham Pottery. At each location, he applied his creative genius to advance American art pottery as well as his own livelihood and reputation. At Chelsea, dogged determination led him to rediscover the ancient secrets of Chinese oxblood (first produced in [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Studebaker Collection of Quaker Hill
For over half a century, Richard and Sue Studebaker have stood as pillars of the Ohio antiques community. Thousands of collectors, scholars, and students have been welcomed to Quaker Hill, the couple’s eighteenth century home in Dayton, to enjoy the Studebaker’s hospitality and their passion for Americana.
Richard and Sue purchased their first antique on their honeymoon in New England in 1952, and within a few years, the [...] Click here to continue reading.
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