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Dresden Christmas Ornaments & Candy Containers Dresden ornaments often have the look of metal or tin but the base materiel is typically heavy paper or cardstock (non-corrugated cardboard). The paper is machine molded in two opposite halves and joined together at the seams creating a hollow and lightweight ornament suitable for tree hanging. Ornaments were often designed with a dual purpose in mind for use as a candy container with loops applied for [...] Click here to continue reading. Pewabic Pottery, 1903 to 1961 and Later What eventually became the Pewabic Pottery was started as an informal workshop by Mary Chase Perry (born 1867, died 1961) and Horace Caulkins in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1903. Mary was one of many influential potters who studied at the New York State School of Clay-Working and Ceramics (now Alfred University) with Charles Fergus “Daddy” Binns, the school’s director, commonly referred to as “The Father of American Studio [...] Click here to continue reading. Stock Tickers Electric stock tickers were invented in the 1860′s as an extension of existing telegraph services. The early models were much improved by Thomas Edison but continued to be manufactured by several different companies. Typically the tickers were provided to subscribers who paid approximately $6.00 per week to receive updated quotes on the stock and gold markets. The tickers were widely used, with over one thousand at the New York Stock Exchange alone [...] Click here to continue reading. Pierre Alechinsky (Belgian, born 1927), Alechinsky has worked most of his life in Paris. He studied at the National College of Architecture and Decorative Arts in Brussels. In 1949 he joined Karel Appel, Asger Jorn and Christian Dotremont to form CoBrA, an art movement created as a reaction against the formalized style of painting then popular in Europe. The name was an acronym of the cities from which the artists hailed – Copenhagen, Brussels, [...] Click here to continue reading. Tantalus A tantalus is a set of decanters contained (typically) within wood or metal framework or glass case allowing the bottles and their contents to be visible yet secured, therefore “tantalizing”. p4A.com editorial staff Nonconnah Pottery The Nonconnah Pottery, an Indian term translating as “Long Stream”, started in 1901 in Memphis, Tennessee where it operated until 1910. It relocated to Skyline, North Carolina in 1913 where it produced pottery from 1913 to 1916. The pottery was operated by Walter B. Stephen and Nellie Randall Stephen (died 1913), a mother/son team of potters producing molded or wheel thrown pieces. Walter left the pottery for the construction business circa 1916, [...] Click here to continue reading. Tucker Pottery & Porcelains The first successful attempt to establish a true hardpaste porcelain manufactury in America was made by William Ellis Tucker, who established his “American China Manufactory” on Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1825. Tucker had been decorating china previously and firing it in a homemade kiln before his experiments led him to successfully create an opaque white earthenware. His first products had a yellow cast and were hand-decorated with simple [...] Click here to continue reading. Hugh C. Robertson (1844 to 1908) The art pottery era is filled with Robertsons, but there is only one Hugh. Hugh Cornwell Robertson managed two notable Massachusetts potteries: Chelsea Keramic Art Works and Dedham Pottery. At each location, he applied his creative genius to advance American art pottery as well as his own livelihood and reputation. At Chelsea, dogged determination led him to rediscover the ancient secrets of Chinese oxblood (first produced in [...] Click here to continue reading. The Voltamp Electric Manufacturing Co. & Boucher Manufacturing. The Voltamp Electric Manufacturing Co. was founded by Manes A. Fuld of Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1895. Manufacturing of toy train sets began in 1903. Voltamp is best known as the maker of the first electric toy train to operate on standard household alternating current. These sets hit the market in 1907 and were desired over battery operated electric sets. Boucher Manufacturing, New York. Boucher is perhaps [...] Click here to continue reading. The Knapp Electric & Novelty Company The Knapp Electric & Novelty Company was founded in 1890 by David Knapp in New York City. Toy train production ran from 1906 to 1913 and consisted on 2 inch gauge electric locomotives and cars running on sectional track. |
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