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American Historical Views on Staffordshire Pottery – Cities Series
From about 1830 to 1845 an unknown English potter produced a series of plates and platters decorated with views of American cities. The series comprises sixteen American views plus one each of Buenos Ayres [sic] and Quebec. Both of these foreign city examples include hollowware, as does the Louisville example, all the other city views are limited to platters and plates of various sizes. Examples [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Lifetime Collection of Carl & Joyce Mueller, Tallmadge, Ohio
“For over one half century, we have collected – lived with – and enjoyed antiques”.
Carl spent over fifty years in the commercial radiator business started by his father in 1920. Joyce is a retired elementary public school teacher. Our first collecting passion was for Edwardian era antique automobiles and mechanical music (music boxes, automaton, orchestrion, etc.) Shortly after our marriage in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Yingqing Ware
Yingqing, which may be translated as “shadowy blue”, is the modern name given to a utilitarian ceramic introduced into China by the Mongols during the Song dynasty (960 to 1279). Historically called Qingbai (bluish white) ware, it was very thin translucent porcelain made by combining kaolin clay with finely ground porcelain stone. The kaolin provided a true white color for the ware and minimized shrinkage. Although the imperial court was the major [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1911)
In 1867/68 the Tokugawa shogunate era came to an end with the restoration of imperial power to the emperor Meiji (died, 1912) and the transfer of the government from Kyoto to Tokyo. The actual political power was transferred from the Tokugawa Bakufu into the hands of a small group of nobles and former samurai.
Like other subjugated Asian nations, the Japanese were forced to sign unequal treaties with Western [...] Click here to continue reading.
Stahl Pottery
The Stahl family of potters were the last in Pennsylvania to work in the early tradition of a large round wood-fired kiln and saggers. They produced distinctive wares, often with rope-twist handles, incised decorative motifs, and applied floral and foliate ornament.
The Powder Valley Pottery was founded in 1847 by Charles Ludwig Stahl (1828 to 1896) in Powder Valley, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Following Charles’s death the pottery was continued by his sons [...] Click here to continue reading.
Castleford Pottery
From Edward Andrews Downman’s 1896 book, English pottery and porcelain: being a concise account of the development of the potter’s art in England, page 19: “David Dunderdale started a pottery at Castleford, 12 miles from Leeds, in 1770 or 1790, and at the beginning of the present century the works were carried on under the style of “D. Dunderdale and Co.” Queen’s ware, and black Egyptian ware in Wedgwood’s style, with raised [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Lifetime Collection of Dr. James & Susan Widder, Cincinnati, Ohio
For some, antiques are not just objects to buy, sell, and collect, but instead they are truly a way of life. For nearly ï¬ve decades, such as been the case with Jim and Susan Widder. They met at The Ohio State University when Jim was a graduate student (and Susan’s lab instructor), and when Jim completed his doctoral work, the couple settled in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Sgraffito
Sgraffito is a technique for decorating earthenware pottery which originated several hundred years in Central Europe. In this process, after the body of the ware, usually a plate, bowl or charger, but sometimes hollow-ware too, was shaped from the clay, a slip of white clay was added and the piece allowed to dry. Then the plate was fired in the kiln. When it cooled, designs such as birds, tulips, hearts or the figures [...] Click here to continue reading.
Jacob Medinger Pennsylvania Sgraffito decorated redware plate with deer decoration, p4A item B185545 Jacob Medinger
The Pennsylvania German potter Jacob Medinger was the son of William Medinger, who immigrated in 1854 to Pennsylvania from Wurttemberg, Germany, where he had served his potter’s apprenticeship. The Medingers settled in Neiffer (Limerick Township) in Montgomery County where he set up his own pottery in 1855, an area selected for the local clay deposits that were suitable [...] Click here to continue reading.
D.E. McNicol Pottery Co.
The following entry is from the History of Columbiana County, Ohio, by Harold B. Barth and published by the Historical Publishing Company of Topeka and Indianapolis in 1926.
The D. E. McNicol Pottery Company, of East Liverpool, [Ohio], is one of the old established and important industries of this city. Its main plant, known as No. 1, is located on the corner of Broadway and Sixth streets. This plant has [...] Click here to continue reading.
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