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In 1940, the Gladding, McBean & Co. introduced their first hand-painted embossed earthenware dinnerware line Franciscan Apple, and shortly thereafter in 1941, Desert Rose. Apple was adapted from the embossed pattern Zona, produced by the Weller Pottery Company of Ohio. Desert Rose was based on a pattern design by contract designer Annette ...
Mary Alice married George E. Hadley, a mechanical engineer, on November 15, 1930. [13] [14]She died on December 26, 1965, at age 54. [4]In 1967, the Mary Alice Hadley Foundation was created by George Hadley to promote ceramic arts. [15]
Handcrafted America is an American TV series, which is broadcast on INSP. It is hosted by Jill Wagner, who travels across the United States visiting people with specialist crafts. Each episode, Wagner visits three different artists to discuss and study their craft. The show first aired in 2015 and has a total of 39 episodes across three seasons.
Craft in America's television series began in 2007. [3] It is shown on PBS, [4] and won a Peabody Award in the same year. [5] In 2020, Craft in America was awarded the inaugural Decorative Arts Trust Prize for Excellence and Innovation for its plan to create a video dictionary of decorative arts tools, techniques, and materials. [6]
Pottery making began in the 7th millennium BC. The earliest forms, which were found at the Hassuna site, were hand formed from slabs, undecorated, unglazed low-fired pots made from reddish-brown clays. [71] Within the next millennium, wares were decorated with elaborate painted designs and natural forms, incising and burnished.
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Two service sets were introduced. The larger service set was the first full set since that of the Reagan china in 1982. The larger set, made by Lenox, is composed of roughly 4500 pieces to fill 320 14-piece place settings. First Lady Laura Bush chose a soft green pattern due to its versatility and ability to coordinate with flowers.
Typical "Wedgwood blue" jasperware plate with white sprigged reliefs. Wedgwood pieces (left to right): c. 1930, c. 1950, 1885 Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 [1] by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. [2]