(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Artus and Anne Van Briggle established the Van Briggle Art Pottery in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1901. It became the oldest continuously operating art pottery in the United States. Artus Van Briggle had a significant impact on the Art Nouveau movement in the United States, and the Art Nouveau [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Lusterware (sometimes called Lustreware) is a type of pottery with a metallic glaze that gives the effect of iridescence. It is produced by using metallic oxides in an overglaze, which is given a second firing at a lower temperature. Lustre glazes were applied to pottery in Mesopotamia in [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Muncie Pottery Company, located in Muncie Indiana, started production of art pottery in 1919 as the Muncie Clay Products Company, a subsidiary of the German-American Clay Company. Muncie utilized a variety of glazes ranging from quality matte glaze to high gloss, drip glazes. One of the most sought-after Muncie [...]
(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 [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Redware is a type of simple earthenware produced by the Colonists as early as the 1600s. The red clay used in its production was abundant throughout the country, and during the 18th and 19th Centuries, Redware was made in great quantities. Redware was simple in design and decoration [...]
