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.