December 3, 2008
While much art pottery has been produced by larger companies, studio art pottery refers to independent artists creating unique pieces. The Rookwood company contracted out to artists, allowing them to make their own pieces under Rookwood's name. Most studio art pottery has maker's marks of some sort... and valuing pieces begins with knowing who the artist is.
I don’t remember the first Rookwood piece I ever bought, that’s getting close to 40 years ago. But I must… [more]
Stuart Lonsdale and Kim Lindley's excellent tribute to and reference on Gouda Dutch Art Pottery and Delftware. The … [more]
Steve Birks' super deep site is a tribute to a bygone era, chronicling how a pottery center of excellence (they did… [more]
Roger Owen's showcase of over 180 beautiful 20th century British and European piggy banks, with background on their… [more]
Dedicated to raising awareness of the ceramic art work of R. Guy Cowan and his Cowan Pottery Studio in northeastern… [more]
Jim Johnson and Gail Rothman's fun, 'off-the-wall' showcase of his colorful collection of Roseville pottery wall po… [more]
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]
The museum with the world's largest collection of Worcester porcelain is a good starting point for beginning collec… [more]
This gallery showcases 2,130 of the 5,000 items in the museum's ceramics collection dating from 1500-1900. Include… [more]
A great reference on ceramics from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Learn about different ceramics techniques and st… [more]
This website boasts hundreds of beautiful ceramics items with detailed descriptions. Start browsing here, and keep … [more]
A good reference resource for anyone interested in the pottery of Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), who had her heyday in … [more]
Paul Tyers' reference site on pottery and ceramics from the Roman period in Britain and Western Europe. Includes a … [more]
This microsite from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts features objects from the Institute’s permanent collection,… [more]
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