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This Day in Pottery History

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This is a bi-monthly (or so) blog.

Scattered throughout the historical record of pottery making are fascinating sketches, odd tales and quirky biographies that often get lost amid the clutter. This Day in Pottery History is one potter’s journey through that world.

Added on: Aug 13th, 2009
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Steve Earp
Listed in: Art History Ceramics
Tags: history pottery colonial early american folk pottery pottery research

Recent Posts

It May Be Remembered

Posted on Sunday December 20th, 2009 at 08:17 in North America, earthenware, ironstone, pearlware, redware, pottery history, early american pottery, redware pottery, new england pottery, hervey brooks

“It may be remembered that I have made a kiln of ware this summer, consisting of milkpans, some pots, pudding pans & wash bowls, but mostly of stove tubes and flowerpots, and have this day finished burning the same, Hervey Brooks”. Septembe...
The Bloody Duke of Alva

Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 21:17 in europe, mao, reformation, middle ages, earthenware, john calvin, delft, medieval england, bernard leach, delftware, english pottery, ceramic history

Bernard Leach… …I suppose it was only a matter of time before his name popped up… …Well, I first heard about Leach, and his famous book on pottery, in college. Some say Leach’s “A Potter’s Book” almost singlehandedly...
Mischianza

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 14:30 in North America, earthenware, revolutionary war, valley forge, pottery history, pottery and politics, early american ceramics, pennsylvania pottery, pennsylvania redware

There is a curious little plate in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The plate was made in 1786 by a potter named Johannes Niess in Bucks County, PA. It is about 11″ in diameter. The plate’s sgraffito style of decorat...
Bartmann Greybeard; A Cautionary Tale.

Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 16:15 in europe, stoneware, galileo, bellarmine, bartmann, pope urban viii, ceramic history, pottery and politics, bellarmine jug, german salt fired stoneware, rhennish pottery

In 1610 Cardinal Maffeo Berberini received a copy of “The Starry Messenger” by Galileo Galilei. This treatise on observations Galileo made with his newly invented telescope forever changed our understanding of the universe. Berberini was im...
Luman Norton’s Barn

Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 10:51 in stoneware, North America, porcelain, earthenware, war of 1812, yellow ware, bennington, rockingham, redware, granite ware, pottery history, early american pottery

John Spargo was a big fan of the Nortons. The Norton family of Bennington VT, was a powerhouse pottery dynasty from 1793 to almost to the end of the 19th century. They initiated or excelled in virtually everything being made at the time; Redware ...
The Poor Potter, Third and Final Part.

Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 07:50 in North America, revolutionary war, josiah wedgwood, ceramic history, pottery and politics, early american ceramics, redware pottery, centenial exhibition

All the poor potters in the early days of the United States struggled to help their country survive. But Ben Franklin’s exhortations to produce much and admit little eventually backfired. Ben’s son, the Royal Governor of New Jersey, sided wit...