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By 1820, stoneware was being produced in virtually every American urban center, with potters from Baltimore, Maryland, in particular raising the craft to its pinnacle. [citation needed] While salt-glazing is the typical glaze technique seen on American Stoneware, other glaze methods were employed.
Edwin Bennett (March 6, 1818 – June 13, 1908), born in Newhall, Derbyshire, was an English American pioneer of the pottery industry and art in the United States, [1] and founder of the Edwin Bennett Pottery Company of Baltimore, Maryland.
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]
John Bartlam (1735–1781) was a British maker of pottery who emigrated to America in 1763, and established a factory in Cainhoy, then called Cain Hoy, nine miles north of Charleston, South Carolina before moving to Camden, South Carolina. His porcelain is the earliest ever produced on American soil.
Jerry Dolyn Brown (November 9, 1942 – March 4, 2016) was an American folk artist and traditional stoneware pottery maker who lived and worked in Hamilton, Alabama.He was a 1992 recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts [1] [2] and a 2003 recipient of the Alabama Folk Heritage Award. [3]
Homer Laughlin. Homer Laughlin was born in Little Beaver Creek, Columbiana, Ohio on March 23, 1843, the son of a miller, merchant and postmaster, Matthew Laughlin (1799–1876), [3] of Scotch-Irish descent, and Maria (née Moore; 1814–1888), [3] Homer Laughlin was educated at public schools and later at Neville Institute (now defunct).
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.
The Rozane line was designed to compete against Rookwood Pottery's Standard Glaze, Owens Pottery's Utopian, and Weller Pottery's Louwelsa art lines. By 1901, the company owned and operated four plants and employed 325 people. Stamped mark to base. Frederick Hurten Rhead was the art director of Roseville between 1904 and 1909. He is associated ...