Nestled in an old brick building on a nondescript side street, this Seattle gem has been deemed by top designers as one of the nation’s most comprehensive sources for 20th-century American pottery.
This 1-gallon stoneware crock has the impressed mark of Daniel Shenfelder pottery, proving it was made about 1870 in Pennsylvania. There were many small potteries making stoneware and other ceramics ...
Handsome solid-color pottery was introduced in the 1930s and continued to be very popular. Originally called plain ware, intensely bright solid colors had strong appeal probably because they ...
Is There a Way to Fix Cracked Pottery? "I recently acquired a Frankoma water pitcher and six-mug set. We noticed, during the second use, that a few mugs were leaking. Then, after a night of holding ...
Can you guess where a piece of art pottery was made (just by looking at its distinctive colors and shape)? And when it was made? Some pottery looks quintessentially American; other pieces evoke ...
What started as a hobby developed into a passion -- some might say obsession -- and became a successful business for one collector. Reining in several collections and finding a place for everything in ...
College art programs rarely produce income for their students, let alone enduring works of art. But Sophie Newcomb College during the late 19th and early 20th centuries was not ordinary and neither ...
Most people have tremendous respect for Bauer Pottey, whose history dates back to the late 1800s In the early 1930s, when the Ringware line was introduced, their popularity exploded Now is a great ...
November may have only just begun, but I’m already in full holiday mode. I’ve shed the orange and pumpkin-themed decor and started snagging Christmas-y pieces instead. Brands have been going all-out ...