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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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The Rookwood Pottery Company Holiday Trunk Show December 12 & 13

MarketWatch - 10 hours ago
... product offerings include commercial and residential architectural products and installations, including ceramic tile, as well as fine art pottery. ...

Historic roundhouse is once again in motion

Colorado Springs Gazette, CO - 18 hours ago
Soon, the building, which has housed Van Briggle Art Pottery for the past 55 years, will cater to a different kind of locomotion. ...

American pottery becomes popular collectible worldwide

Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, WA - Nov 30, 2008
By Terry Maurer, Special to the Herald KENNEWICK -- American art pottery has a strong collector following in this country and a growing interest abroad. ...

Library Programs

Charleston Post Courier, SC - 16 hours ago
Johns Island ceramic artist Mary Nicholson will display some of her unique art pottery. Her pottery is created individually on a potter's wheel. Game On! ...

Garrison Art Center Announces New Pottery Studio Manager

Putnam County News and Recorder (subscription), NY - Dec 2, 2008
Garrison Art Center is pleased to announce the new Pottery Studio Manager, Lisa Knaus, who is also a Teaching Artist at the Art Center. ...

Gimme Five: Deco the Halls, All-American Rejects and George Lopez

Contra Costa Times, CA - 7 hours ago
"Deco the Halls" — This Art Deco and Modernism Holiday Sale offers more than 150 exhibitors selling furniture, art, pottery, books, clothing, ...

Townshend Auction Gallery

Antiques and the Arts Online, CT - Nov 28, 2008
... by "Hiedi Schoop A neat art pottery double match safe in country green---Several Norman Rockwell collectables figurines "Off to School"; "Music Master"; ...

It's full speed ahead for the Sudanese hydroelectric project which ...

Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - 25 minutes ago
... in the threatened area have already pin-pointed hundreds of settlements and cemeteries spanning four millennia, and lithic artefacts, rock art, pottery, ...

Sweet serenade

Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - Nov 29, 2008
They were the largest Canadian pottery company ever and made commercial pieces, as well as art pottery. The commercial line included the hotel quality ...

Successful American Art Pottery Association Convention Prompts ...

News-antique.com (press release), NY - Nov 8, 2008
The American Art Pottery Association’s 28th annual convention, hosted this past April for the first time in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/Lambertville, ...

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