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  2. Pewabic Pottery - Wikipedia

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    Pewabic Pottery is a ceramic studio and school in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1903, the studio is known for its iridescent glazes , some of which grace notable buildings such as the Shedd Aquarium and Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception .

  3. Mary Chase Perry Stratton - Wikipedia

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    A glazed earthenware bottle by Mary Chase Perry Stratton Mary Chase Perry Stratton (March 15, 1867 – April 15, 1961) was an American ceramic artist . She was a co-founder, along with Horace James Caulkins , of Pewabic Pottery , a form of ceramic art used to make architectural tiles .

  4. List of Michigan State Historic Sites - Wikipedia

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    Name Image Location City Listing date Clare Congregational Church† 110 Fifth Street Clare: March 17, 1994: Harrison Informational Designation Lake Street and Budd Lake Harrison: December 21, 1978: George and Martha Hitchcock House† 205 East Michigan Street Farwell: July 29, 1980: Irish Counties: Clare Welcome Center on US 127 Grant Township ...

  5. John J. Makinen Bottle House - Wikipedia

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    The John J. Makinen Bottle House (also known as the Kaleva Bottle House, Kaleva Bottle House Museum, and Kaleva Historical Museum) is a house built of bottle wall construction in 1941 by John J. Makinen, Sr. It is located in Kaleva, Michigan near Manistee. Construction uses over 60,000 bottles laid on their sides with the bottoms toward the ...

  6. Detroit Institute of Arts - Wikipedia

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    Pablo Picasso, 1916, L'anis del mono (Bottle of Anis del Mono), oil on canvas, 46 x 54.6 cm In addition to the American and European works listed above, the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts are generally encyclopedic and extensive, including ancient Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian material, as well as a wide range ...

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Michigan

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    The Edward E. Hartwick Memorial Building is a 1-1/2 story rustic log structure built entirely of Michigan pine, and is one of the few remaining examples of the rustic log architecture used in the 1920s and 1930s by the Michigan State Park system.

  8. McCoy (pottery) - Wikipedia

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    Designer Accents, Inc., the final owner of the Nelson McCoy Pottery Company, filed the first of these applications on June 7, 1989. In the fall of 1990, the pottery closed. The application was canceled on December 20, 1997. On August 31, 1992, Roger Jensen from Rockwood, Tennessee, applied for use of the name "McCoy" as a trademark on pottery ...

  9. Grog (clay) - Wikipedia

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    Grog, temper for clay. Grog, also known as firesand and chamotte, is a raw material usually made from crushed and ground potsherds, reintroduced into crude clay to temper it before making ceramic ware. It has a high percentage of silica and alumina. It is normally available as a powder or chippings, and is an important ingredient in Coade stone.