Posts Tagged ‘Arts And Crafts Movement’

George Ohr — An American Ceramic Artist

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)George Ohr was an American ceramic artist, born in 1857. Some consider him the father of the American Abstract-Expressionism movement because of his innovative experimentation with modern clay forms. He was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, the son of German immigrants. George Ohr tried his hand a various trades [...]

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Roycroft Arts and Crafts Furniture

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Roycroft furniture was produced in a community of craft workers and artists which formed part of the Arts and Crafts movement in the USA. The community was founded by Elbert Hubbard in 1895, near Buffalo, New York. As the community, which produced arts of all nature, became popular, a [...]

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Muncie Pottery

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)The Muncie Pottery Company started production of art pottery as the Muncie Clay Products Company in 1919 in Muncie, Indiana. They produced mat as well as high (“bright”) glaze pottery.
During the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of vases, candlesticks, lamps, garden pots and countless other forms produced by Muncie Pottery [...]

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COLLECTING ROSEVILLE POTTERY

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)The Roseville Pottery Company was organized in 1890 in the city of Roseville, Ohio and incorporated on January 4, 1892. Initally the company produced functional earthenware. The Roseville Pottery Company continued to grow and purchased the Midland Pottery plant in 1898. The Rosevile Pottery Company would go on to became [...]

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GUSTAV STICKLEY AND HIS FURNITURE

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Gustav Stickley (March 9, 1858 – April 21, 1942) was a furniture maker and the leading spokesperson for the American Craftsman movement, a descendent of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Stickley was the most well-known name of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. To this day, the Stickley [...]

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