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Founded in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols, Rookwood pottery is a favorite of collectors for the quality of its pieces, which were hand-decorated by a diverse group of artists (though some simpler pieces were mass-produced, especially during the Depression).
Rookwood pieces were sold at the factory showroom and at jewelry and department stores nationwide. Drawing from European and Asian styles, the company was very involved with the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements, and its pieces are still prized as some of the best examples of those styles.
In addition to its signature vases, Rookwood also produced architectural tile and smaller items such as bookends, paperweights and figurines. There were between 20 and 25 artists...
Rookwood’s artists were innovative and helped change the way art pottery was created and designed. Kataro Shirayamadani covered the entire piece with decoration versus just the front as was previously done, and Laura Fry created the atomizer, allowing artists to evenly apply glazes and use color gradations. In the early 1900s, Rookwood began using matte finishes and vellum glaze, a translucent matte glaze.
Collectors should note that the vast majority of Rookwood pieces are very clearly marked. Very early pieces say “Rookwood,” and later pieces (starting in the mid-1880s) feature the Rookwood logo: a backwards R and P side-by-side. Rookwood closed its factory in the 1960s, but the copyright has been continuously enforced.
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Recent News: Rookwood Art Pottery
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Rookwood production manager will create her own line
Business Courier of Cincinnati, May 10thWilliams will be shifting her focus to make her own line of tiles for the historic tile and pottery brand. Joe Wilhelm will step in as production manager at Rookwood, and he will oversee all existing and new product introductions. There will be a total...Read more
So Cincinnati: Union Terminal Art Murals
WKRC TV Cincinnati, May 10thHe photographed real moments - like a man shaping Rookwood Pottery - then turned them into paintings. The Museum Center has some of his one third scale cartoons. The Ravenna Tile Company used the cartoons to match color so their craftsmen could...Read more
Eight gardens of Short Hills open to public May 20
NorthJersey.com, May 8thGreenwood Gardens, once a grand private estate, is now a nonprofit public garden combining formal gardens, teahouses, reflecting pools, open meadows, woodlands, and pasture along with colorful and whimsical elements of Rookwood pottery from the Art...Read more
All in the Family: Frys' treasures in Cincinnati Wing
Cincinnati.com (blog), May 8thAnd so began a five-decade period in which Cincinnati was at the center of the American Aesthetic movement that spawned Rookwood Pottery (founded by Maria Longworth Nichols) and elevated the status of women artists to international renown...Read more
Fry family history is a peek into our own treasured past
Cincinnati.com, May 3rdAnd so began a five-decade period in which Cincinnati was at the center of the American Aesthetic movement that spawned Rookwood Pottery (founded by Maria Longworth Nichols) and elevated the status of women artists to international renown...Read more
'How It's Made' to feature Rookwood Pottery
Cincinnati.com (blog), May 1stRookwood Pottery Co. ceramic urns will be featured on “How It's Made” on May 16 (9 p.m., Science Channel), about the time a Science Channel crew returns to Rookwood's Over-the-Rhine studios to film artists making custom fireplace installations. The May...Read more
Rookwood Pottery gets double feature on national TV show
Business Courier of Cincinnati, April 30thRookwood Pottery Co. will be featured on the Science Channel's “How It's Made” on May 16. The episode, taped at Rookwood's Over-the-Rhine studios and showroom in August 2012, displays how the historic company creates ceramic urns that were...Read more