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About Art Pottery

Collectible art pottery includes a wide variety of ware from different styles and eras ranging from early English and European works to those of modern studios. Hand-decorated art pottery was popular from the 1870s until after WW1, and was produced by a large number of studios and artists, including Rookwood, Weller, Frankoma, Hull, McCoy, Roseville, Charles Volkmar, Chelsea Keramic, Lonhuda, George Ohr, Newcomb College, Grueby Faience, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, Artus Van Briggle, and the Saturday Evening Girls.


Interviews & Articles

An Interview With Rookwood Art Pottery Collector Riley Humler

An Interview With Rookwood Art Pottery Collector Riley Humler

I don’t remember the first Rookwood piece I ever bought, that’s getting close to 40 years ago. But I must…  [more]



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Gouda Design

Gouda Design

Stuart Lonsdale and Kim Lindley's excellent tribute to and reference on Gouda Dutch Art Pottery and Delftware. The …  [more]

Thepotteries.org

Thepotteries.org

Steve Birks' super deep site is a tribute to a bygone era, chronicling how a pottery center of excellence (they did…  [more]

Piggy Banks and Famous Potteries

Piggy Banks and Famous Potteries

Roger Owen's showcase of over 180 beautiful 20th century British and European piggy banks, with background on their…  [more]

Cowan Pottery Museum Associates

Cowan Pottery Museum Associates

Dedicated to raising awareness of the ceramic art work of R. Guy Cowan and his Cowan Pottery Studio in northeastern…  [more]

Jim's Roseville Wall Pockets

Jim's Roseville Wall Pockets

Jim Johnson and Gail Rothman's fun, 'off-the-wall' showcase of his colorful collection of Roseville pottery wall po…  [more]

The Pottery Studio

The Pottery Studio

This 7,000-plus page site lives up to its self-billing as a 'knowledge base' with examples of work from all major a…  [more]

Worcester Porcelain Museum

Worcester Porcelain Museum

The museum with the world's largest collection of Worcester porcelain is a good starting point for beginning collec…  [more]

The Bowes Museum: Ceramics

The Bowes Museum: Ceramics

This gallery showcases 2,130 of the 5,000 items in the museum's ceramics collection dating from 1500-1900. Include…  [more]

Ceramics at The V&A

Ceramics at The V&A

A great reference on ceramics from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Learn about different ceramics techniques and st…  [more]

Gardiner Museum

Gardiner Museum

This website boasts hundreds of beautiful ceramics items with detailed descriptions. Start browsing here, and keep …  [more]

Clarice Cliff Collectors Club

Clarice Cliff Collectors Club

A good reference resource for anyone interested in the pottery of Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), who had her heyday in …  [more]

Potsherd

Potsherd

Paul Tyers' reference site on pottery and ceramics from the Roman period in Britain and Western Europe. Includes a …  [more]

The Art of Asia

The Art of Asia

This microsite from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts features objects from the Institute’s permanent collection,…  [more]


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Doulton Lambeth Silicon art pottery

Auction Central News, NY - Jan 3, 2009
Doulton Lambeth Silicon art pottery vase c1880 to 1891. This Doulton vase has a combed finish on its body and a raised design all around its middle. ...

Metropolitan Muswum of Art's Enhanced American Wing Galleries Open ...

Art Daily - 2 hours ago
The ceramics installation will feature colorful Pennsylvania redware, as well as art pottery from Rookwood to George Ohr. In addition, a newly constructed ...

See Moorcroft artist in action at Spring Fair

SpringFair.com Marketplace, UK - 19 hours ago
Moorcroft's art pottery is made entirely by hand at its premises in Stoke, its home since William Moorcroft built the factory in 1913. ...

Van Briggle art pottery vase

Auction Central News, NY - 6 hours ago
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A LIVE AUCTION, WE DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT ENDING TIME FOR ANY LOTS. Each buyer must register with Ebay prior to bidding. ...

all's fair as crunch bites

Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 12 hours ago
... antiques for which the event is known, the fair will include specialists in aboriginal art, 20th-century furniture, art pottery, and film posters. ...

Kids can spark creativity in ACA winter art classes

Aiken Standard (subscription), SC - Dec 30, 2008
The new line-up offers classes for school holidays, after school, home school art, pottery and even date nights. Home school art classes, after school ...

Tools & toys

Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Jan 3, 2009
Teco Art Pottery What's to love: The comeback of modernist geometric Prairie School-style vases originally produced from 1899 through the 1920s. ...

What's it Worth? Appraisal for Antique Jardinere

Examiner.com - Jan 3, 2009
I saw the piece in person and it definitely says Columbia Art Pottery with Trenton, NJ in the middle. The 1902, AD and the three lines should be clear for ...

Creative License

St. Croix Valley Press, MN - Jan 2, 2009
Q. Where are you from, how old are you, and where do you live now? A. I am 64 years old, was raised in Minneapolis and have lived in Stillwater, ...

Meissner's Auction Service

Antiques and Arts Weekly, CT - Jan 2, 2009
... Amberina Glass Pitcher; Green Opalescent Glass Bowl; Red Wing Pottery Quail; Signed Weller Jardinire; Art Pottery Dbl Handled Vase in Red & Green; ...

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Clarice Cliff Citrus Vase Bizarre (unusual Design) $2,215.00 Ends Saturday 21 bids
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