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Arc-En Ciel Pottery (Brighton Pottery Company) (1903 - 1907)
John Lessell
Zanesville, OH, USA
Iridescent glazed art pottery.
Short history as Art Pottery Manufacturer. Switched to more general line of kitchen ware.

Arequipa Pottery (1911 - 1918)
Philip King Brown & Henry Bothin
Farifax, CA, USA
Decorated Art Pottery and Tile.
Pottery used as both patient therapy and as a source of funds for the sanitorium. Never reached the success of Marblehead.

Avon Pottery (1886 - 1888)
Karl Langenbeck
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Small number of vases.
Served as training ground for Artus van Briggle. Langenbeck later went on to work at Grueby.

Brouwer Pottery (Middle Lane Pottery) (1894 - 1946)
Theophilus A Brouwer
East Hampton, NY, USA
Art pottery bowls and vases.
Extremely vibrant and rich glazes. Iridescent, metallic or crystalline: Fire Painting, Iridescent Fire Painting, Kid Surface, Sea-Grass Fire Painting, Gold Leaf Undergalze.

Buffalo Pottery (Buffalo China) (1901 - 1956)
John D Larkin
Buffalo, NY, USA
General line of dnnerware.
Began as soap premiums. Painted, decorative scenes on green dinnerware. (Deldare, Albino Ware).

Byrdcliffe Pottery (1903 - 1928)
Edith Penman & Elizabeth R Hardenberg
Woodstock, NY, USA
Handmade pottery in simple forms.
Byrdcliffe Utopian artist community.

Cambridge Art Pottery (Guernsey Earthenware, Atlas Globe China) (1900 - 1933)
Charles L Casey
Cambridge, OH, USA
Basic, functional line of earthen ware.
Several pottery lines, including, Terrhea, Oakwood, Acorn, Guernsey, Otoe.

Carleton Atherton
Syracuse, NY, USA
Potter.

Charles S Babcock
Auburn, NY, USA
China Painter.

Clewell (1906 - 1955)
Charles Walter Clewell
Canton, OH, USA
Metal applied over biscuitware.
Applied layers of copper, silver and bronze over earthenware, which were then patinated or treated to look hand-hammered. Techniques and patination formulas destroyed at death.

Clifton Art Pottery (Clifton Porcelain Tile Company) (1905 - 1914)
William A Long & Fre Tschirner
Newark, NJ, USA
Pale or natural earthen ware with black glaze on inside.
Indian Ware used designs and themes from American Indians.

Cook Pottery Company (1894 - 1926)
Charles H Cook
Trenton, NJ, USA
Hand-painted granite wares.
Three lines of art pottery including Nipur Ware & Metalline Ware.

Cowan Pottery Studio (Cleveland Pottery & Tile Company) (1912 - 1931)
R Guy Cowan
Rocky River, OH, USA
Commercial art pottery with exceptional glazes.
Producer of both art and high quantity of commercial pottery.

Craven Art Pottery (Jervis) (1904 - 1908)
Albert L Cusick
East Liverpool, OH, USA
Decorated and incised matte glaze pottery.
Early pottery of William P Jervis.

Dedham Pottery (Chelsea Keramic Art Works, Chelsea Pottery) (1867 - 1943)
Hugh Robertson
Chelsea, MA, USA
Early art pottery. Simple forms; nice glazes and designs.
Crackle glaze and Volcanic Ware. Glazes in sea-green, apple-green, mustard-yellow, turquoise and oxblood. Animal and flower designs around border. (Dedham Rabbit).

Denver China & Pottery Company (1901 - 1905)
William A Long
Denver, CO, USA
Underglaze decorations.
Associated with Weller, Owens, Clifton. Lines included Lonhuda Faience, Denura. Some Art Nouveau elements.

Edwin Bennett Pottery (Brubensul, Albion) (1856 - 1938)
Edwin Bennett
Baltimore, MD, USA
General earthenware, and later, art pottery.
Decorated Art Pottery line introduced 1894 - 1807.

Frackelton Pottery (1882 - 1903)
Susan Stuart Frackelton
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Artisan working in china decoration and salt-glazed stoneware.

Fulper Pottery (1860 - 1955)
Samuel Hill
Flemington, NJ, USA
Long tradition of quality vases & pottery.
Commercial pottery turned to Art market in 1909. Vasekraft. Excellent galzes: Mirror, Wistaria, Flambé, Lustre, Crystal, Matte.

George Ohr Pottery (1883 - 1909)
George Ohr
Biloxi, MS, USA
"Mad Potter of Biloxi."
The twisted, grotesque forms of thin-walled pottery and the vibrant glazes seem to correspond to the somewhat cultivated "mad" adjective.

Grand Feu Art Pottery (1912 - 1916)
Cornelius Brauckman
Los Angeles, CA, USA
High-quality glazes.
Highly regarded, but short line of production.

Grueby Pottery (Grueby Faience, Grueby Faience & Tile) (1894 - 1919)
William H Grueby
Boston, MA, USA
Hand thrown pottery and tile. Matte glazes
Originator, or at least most successful firm producing luscious matte-green glazes on pottery displaying naturalistic designs. Neither computer screens, nor glossy magazine pictures do justice to the color.

Hampshire Pottery (1871 - 1923)
James S Taft
Keene, NH, USA
Matte glaze art pottery.
Somewhat overshadowed by Grueby. Produced many designs similar to those of Grueby. Actually used matte glazes 4 years earlier than Grueby did.

JB Owens Pottery Company (1885 - 1891)
JB Owens
Zanesville, OH, USA
Commercial & Art Pottery
Third of the Zanesville Tirumvirate. Lines: (Owensart, Soudanese, Aquaverdi, Lotus Parchment, Brushmodel Lotus.

Jervis Pottery (1908 - 1912)
William Percival Jervis & Frederick H Rhead
Oyster Bay, NY, USA
Incised decorations, with matte or metallic glaze.
Limited output.

Jessie Louise Clapp
Syracuse, NY, USA
China Painter.

JW McCoy Company (Loy-Nel-Art, Brush-McCoy Pottery, Brush Pottery) (1899 - 1911)
Roseville, OH, USA

Lonhuda Pottery (1892 - 1895)
William A Long
Steubenville, OH, USA
Underglaze decoration similar to Rookwood.
Many Rookwood artists, including Laura Fry. Images of flowers, insects, indians.

Losanti (1877 - 1906)
Mary Louise McLaughlin
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Underglaze decoration.
Associated with Rookwood. Painted and incised decoration. Art nouveau themes.

Low Art Tile Works (J&JG Low Art Tile, JG&JF) (1883 - 1902)
John Gardner Low
Chelsea, MA, USA
Tile and Art Pottery.
Plant forms embossed in tile. Stove and soda fountain tilework.

Marblehead Pottery (1904 - 1936)
Herbert J Hall
Marblehead, MA, USA
Hand-thrown vases with "Vellum" matte glazes.
I?nstitutional therapeutic pottery shop, that also helped support the hospital. Light-shaded, matte designs of naturalistic, geometric or indian decorations.

Matt Morgan Pottery Company (1883 - 1884)
Matt Morgan
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Art Pottery.
Short history, but starting point for Mathew Daly and NJ Hirschfield (associated with Rookwood).

Merrimac Pottery Company (Merrimac Ceramic) (1897 - 1908)
Thomas S Nickerson
Newbury Port, MA, USA
Art & Garden Pottery
Good quality glazes, applied decorations reminiscent of Grueby.

Newcomb Pottery (1895 - 1939)
Ellsworth & William Woodward
New Orleans, LA, USA
Art pottery with pale blue and green "southern" naturalistic themes.
Improvement school for young women, Sophie Newcomb Memorial College. "Moss-draped oak tree with Sother full moon."

Niloak Pottery (1909 - 1949)
Charles Highton
Benton, AK, USA
Distinctive swirl of contrasting clay colors. Glazed only on inside.
Relatively high production.

Norse Pottery (1903 - 1913)
Thorwald PA Sampson & Louis Ipson
Edgerton, WI, USA
Matte & metallic glazes.
Replicas of Norse excavated bronze bowls.

North Dakota School of Mines (1892 - Now)
Grand Forks, ND, USA
Art Pottery.
Quality pottery from 1910 - 1949 under Margaret Kelley Cable.

Overbeck Pottery (1911 - 1955)
Margaret Overbeck & Hanna, Mary & Elizabeth
Cambridge City, IN, USA
Matte glaze with carving or glaze inlay
Pottery and molded grotesque figures and animals.

Paul Revere Pottery (Saturday Evening Girls) (1906 - 1942)
Edith Brown & Mrs James Storrow
Boston, MA, USA
Immigrant "girl" trade school.
Some geometric designs. Famous for whimsical children's motifs: chickens, rabbits, etc.

Pauline Pottery (1883 - 1909)
Pauline Jacobs
Chicago, IL, USA
Decorated Art Pottery.
Brushed designs.

Peters & Reed Pottery Company (Zane Pottery) (1897 - 1941)
John D Peters & Adam Reed
South Zanesville, OH, USA
Earthenware flower pots and Jardinieres.
Moss Aztec line of releif decoration.

Pewabic Pottery (1903 - 1965)
Mary Chase Perry & Horace J Caulkins
Detroit, MI, USA
Art pottery and Tiles.
Initially matte glazes, but later more rich in color: iridescent blues and golds.

Rhead Pottery (1913 - 1917)
Frederick H Rhead
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Jardinieres and garden pieces with an oriental influence.
Nice glazes including a black.

Robineau (1904 - 1916)
Adelaide Alsop Robineau
Syracuse, NY, USA
Studio potter: Porcelain with matte & crystalline glazes.
Very high artistic quality and low output. Famous for her highly detailed Scarb vase.

Roblin Art Pottery Company (1808 - 1906)
Alexander Robinson & Linna Irealan
San Francisco, CA, USA
Art Pottery.
Associated with Chelsea pottery firms. Emphasis on California materials.

Rookwood Pottery (1880 - 1967)
Maria Longworth Nichols
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Underglaze decorated pictures & designs.
Very artisitic and high-quality pottery. Use of air-brush technique to blend and make soft edged designs. A long line of extremely talented artist, including Laura Fry, Artus Van Briggle, Kataro Shirayamadani and others.

Roseville Pottery Company (1890 - 1954)
George F Young
Roseville, OH, USA
Underglaze decorated, art and commercial pottery.
High quality line of decorated pottery, including famous Della Robia. Lines include: Azurine, Rzane Crystalis, Rozane Egypto, Rosane Fudji, Rzane Mara, Rozane Mongol and Rozane Woodland.

Ruth Johnson
Syracuse, NY, USA
China Painter.

Shawsheen Pottery (1906 - 1911)
Edward Dahlquist & Elizabeth Burnap Dahlquist
Billerica, MA, USA
Hand-thrown art pottery.
Small shop.

Stockton Art Pottery (Stockton Terra Cotta) (1894 - 1900)
Arthur Cquality art pottery. Hpkinson & Thomas & John Blakey,.
Stockton, CA, USA
Molded underglaze-decorated.
Rare, but high-quality work.

Teco Pottery (The Gates Potteries, American Terra Cotta & Ceramic) (1886 - 1930)
Wlliam D Gates
Terra Cotta, IL, USA
Geometric three dimensional forms; almost art deco in feel.
Terra cotta architectural pottery and tile at first. Line of bold, three-dimensional geometric designs.

Tiffany Pottery (Favrile Pottery, Bronze Pottery) (1898 - Now)
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Corona, NY, USA
Molded art pottery.
Artistic line to supplement purchases from other art pottery firms such as Grueby.

Van Briggle Pottery (1901 - Now)
Artus Van Briggle
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Molded, matte glaze pottery.
Associated with Rookwood, but moved to Colorado for health reasons. Art Nouveau designs plus some figures.

Volkmar Pottery (Menlo Park, Volkmar & Cory, Crown Point, Volkmar Kilns) (1882 - 1911)
Charles Volkmar
New York, NY, USA
Art pottery and decorated tile.
Comercial commisions for tilework.

Walley Pottery (1898 - 1919)
William Walley
West Sterling, MA, USA
Hand thrown art pottery.
Quality line of matte and glassy glazed pottery.

Walrath Pottery (1903 - 1918)
Frederick E Walrath
Rochester, NY, USA
Flowing Matte glazed art pottery.
Studio pottery. Limited production.

Weller Pottery (1872 - 1949)
Samuel A Weller
Fultonham, OH, USA
Underglaze-decorated.
High quality, hand-decorated art pottery. Lines included Louwelsa, Dickens ware,

Wheatley Pottery Company (TJ Wheatley) (1880 - 1927)
Thomas J Wheatley
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Underglaze and Reliefwork.
Limited production.

White Pottery (Denver Art Pottery) (1894 - 1955)
Frederick & Francis White
Denver, CO, USA
Gray-ware garden and vases.

Zanesville Art Pottery (Zanesville Roofing Tile) (1896 - 1920)
David Schmidt
Zanesville, OH, USA
Art pottery and household wares.
Matte and high-gloss glazes.

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