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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.
Russel Wright (April 3, 1904 – December 21, 1976) was an American industrial designer.His best-selling ceramic dinnerware was credited with encouraging the general public to enjoy creative modern design at table with his many other ranges of furniture, accessories, and textiles.
Hall China was founded on August 14, 1903, by Robert Hall, in the former West, Hardwick and George Pottery facility, following the dissolution of the two-year-old East Liverpool Potteries Company. He began making dinnerware and toilet seats, but soon found that institutional ware such as bedpans, chamber pots and pitchers was more profitable.
The former Minnesota Stoneware Company building in Red Wing. Crock manufactured by the company. An offshoot of Red Wing Terra Cotta Works, the Minnesota Stoneware Company, was in production from 1880 to 1906, making a salt-glazed version of the pottery. It is one of the companies that merged to form Red Wing Union Stoneware Company. [1] [2]
Simon was born in Springfield, Minnesota in 1947. [citation needed] He studied under Warren McKenzie while pursuing his B.F.A. at the University of Minnesota, and would later credit not only McKenzie's influence in his work, but also the influence of McKenzie's mentors, the noted ceramic artists Bernard Leach (UK) and Shoji Hamada (Japan).
At the Century of Progress Exposition in 1934 in Chicago, Haeger Potteries' exhibit included a working ceramic factory where souvenir pottery was made. [ 1 ] In 1934, Royal Arden Hickman (1893–1969) joined the firm to design a line of artware sold under the brand name "Royal Haeger". [ 2 ]
However, in terms of product lines, the new owners wished to impose a new direction on the Langley Mill pottery, placing a greater emphasis on the production of high quality kitchen ware and giftware. This period therefore saw a considerable number of new stoneware product ranges, some of which were targeted specifically at the American market.
American art pottery; American stoneware; Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts; B. Blue Ridge (dishware) C. California pottery; Canton Museum of Art (Ohio)