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American Stoneware is a type of stoneware pottery popular in 19th century North America. The predominant houseware of the era, [ citation needed ] it was usually covered in a salt glaze and often decorated using cobalt oxide to produce bright blue decoration.
Henry Chapman Mercer (June 24, 1856 – March 9, 1930) [1] was an American archeologist, artifact collector, tile-maker, and designer of three distinctive poured concrete structures: Fonthill, his home; the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works; and the Mercer Museum.
Anthony Bajada was born on September 22, 1902, in Hamrun, Malta, [7] a colony of the British Empire [8] to Sevario [9] and Carmela [10] Bajada.. After serving in the British Army in World War I, [11] at 17 years old he moved to the United States, traveling aboard the White Star Line's RMS Olympic [12] on the Southampton to New York City route by way of Cherbourg, France.
An exhibition of early American pottery in 1931 presented a “Commeraw Stoneware Jug.” [2] Although the catalogue did not yet reflect the erroneous spelling of “Commereau” that would become popular with later pottery catalogues, such as Ketchum's important record of New York potters, it also did not mention the ethnicity of Commeraw, leaving the reader to assume that he was an American ...
He developed an interest in art collecting early in life after his father and grandfather discovered two early American stoneware bottles during an excavation project in their scrap yard in 1980. [3] Weitsman began collecting the 19th-century stoneware and owned 60 pieces by 1982. [2] In 1986, Weitsman graduated from Owego Free Academy.
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Elva took great pleasure in making pottery and could form as many as eight pots a day. [3] During her later years, her daughter Adelle would assist her in polishing, decorating and firing her pottery. Nampeyo signed her pottery as "Elva Nampeyo" followed by the corn clan symbol which was initiated by her mother Fannie. [2]
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