Up until the 1700s, most stoneware in America was imported from Europe; the British prohibited American potters from making stoneware, ceramic, or porcelain pottery. When Americans were finally able ...

At the Tulsa, Oklahoma, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW in July 2011 a woman named LeAnn lugged in a not-so-little brown jug she'd purchased at auction three years ago for $50. It was "dirty and gunky," she ...

Question: I have three older crocks and two stoneware jugs that are at least a century old. All were made in either New York or New Jersey, and two of the crocks have decorative designs. Are pieces ...

Jim McDowell, known to many simply as “the Black Potter,” is a ceramicist who specializes in stoneware face jugs. Tommy Gartman “I can talk to you, but I talk much better at the wheel.” Jim McDowell ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Israel Seymour operated a pottery in ...

Scattered south of this tiny community, along a ribbon of blacktop called Hwy. 705, about 20 families spin clay into the simple pottery that has characterized this area for generations. To hear the ...

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While I was at an antique shop recently, I stopped to admire a little pint-sized advertising stoneware jug. The piece was one of the little-known jugs marked, "J. Zachary, Rollingstone, Minnesota." ...

Executive producer Marsha Bemko shares her tips for getting the most out of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW. Value can change: The value of an item is dependent upon many things, including the condition of the ...

Early potters must have had great senses of humor. At the end of the day, they often used up the scraps of remaining clay to make clever pieces. These "end o’ day" pots and jugs included items such as ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina is not the first showcase of the poet-potter David Drake (c. 1800–70-80) and his inscribed stoneware.

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