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On July 1, 1922, Weller Pottery incorporated as "S.A. Weller, Inc." [4] Samuel Augustus Weller died on October 4, 1925. [6] His nephew Harry Weller became president from 1925−1932, introducing continuous kiln operation. He consolidated the Weller plants in 1931 due to depression era economics, and died in auto crash in 1932.
Potter Samuel A. Weller founded the Weller Pottery in Fultonham, Ohio, in 1872. The company turned out both art pottery and mass-produced work, becoming the largest pottery in the country by 1905. Many different potters worked at Weller over the years, including Frederick Rhead, who was there in 1903–04.
Blue Ridge china. Blue Ridge is a brand and range of American tableware manufactured by Southern Potteries Incorporated from the 1930s until 1957.Well known in their day for their underglaze decoration and colorful patterns, Blue Ridge pieces are now popular items with collectors of antique dishware.
In 1893 Weller attended the Chicago World's Fair, where he saw a line of decorative art pottery developed by a competitor, Lonhuda Pottery of Steubenville, Ohio. [5] The name "Lonhuda" was a combination of the first letters of three partners' surnames: William A. Long, who had been a Steubenville druggist; and two investors, W.H Hunter, editor of the Steubenville Daily Gazette, and Alfred Day ...
[4] and Wheatley worked for Weller Pottery in Zanesville, Ohio from 1897 to 1900. He founded Wheatley Pottery Company in 1903 in Cincinnati. The firm suffered a fire in 1910. [5] It was purchased by the Cambridge Tile Manufacturing Company in 1927. The company is known for its use of relief in its decorative pottery and green, blue, and yellow ...
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Owens Pottery was founded by J. B. Owens in Roseville, Ohio, in 1885. [1] In 1891 it moved to Zanesville , where Owens built a new factory on a site with its own rail spur. [ 2 ] It began producing art pottery in 1896, when it introduced the Utopian line with botanical decorations under a brown glaze. [ 3 ]
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