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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. 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. Detrick Distilling Co. Motto Jugs Around the turn of the 20th century the Detrick Distilling Company of Dayton, Ohio, issued a series of miniature “motto” jugs. These jugs were 4 inches or so high and are properly described as two-toned stoneware with an Albany slip top and Bristol glaze body. They were made with two different tops, one conical and one more rounded. Detrick jugs were issued with twelve different mottoes, not tied to [...] Click here to continue reading. The Miller Family Pottery George Miller immigrated from Germany in 1829 and by 1838 had founded the Miller family pottery of Newport, Pennsylvania. George specialized in utilitarian wares, first in earthenware and later (circa 1860) in stoneware. The Miller firm was the only important pottery venture in Perry County and its products are considered extremely rare today. Over the years five of George Miller’s ten children worked at the pottery including George and Michael [...] Click here to continue reading. Cowden & Wilcox Pottery The Cowden family made pottery under a number of business names in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from 1861 to 1923. The Cowden & Wilcox portion of this history operated from 1870 to 1881. During this period the pottery was directed by John W. Cowden and Isaac J. Wilcox. Cowden, who died in 1872, was succeded by his son Frederick and Wilcox. The firm was known for its blue decorated salt glazed utility [...] Click here to continue reading. Ack Family Pottery The Ack Pottery operated in Mooresburg, Pennsylvania until 1909, having been started by Daniel Ack in 1854. The pottery was known for its stoneware crocks, jugs, etc. with elaborate cobalt blue decoration of flowers, birds, figures and other devices. Daniel’s two sons, John F. and Edward learned their father’s trade and operated the business after their father’s remove. Edward eventually sought other work and John operated the pottery by himself until [...] Click here to continue reading. Sawankhalok Stoneware The ancient walled city of Sawankhalok, located about 200 miles north of Bangkok was a major pottery center in the 14th and 15th centuries. A modern city of the same name is located nearby with a population exceeding 30,000. More than two hundred pottery kilns are known to have operated in the region and a number have been excavated in modern times. The principal type of ware is a grayish-white stoneware covered [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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