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Title
Potter
at
work
Subject
Pottery--Ohio--Zanesville
Art pottery, American--Ohio--Zanesville--History
Weller Pottery Company
Pottery wheels
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Zanesville (Ohio)
Muskingum County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
a
man
throwing
clay
on a
pottery
wheel
.
S.A
.
Weller
Pottery
located
at
1888
Ceramic
Avenue
, was
generally
considered
to be the
largest
art
pottery
in the
world
, with
400
,
000
square
feet
of
floor
space
,
manufacturing
all
kinds
of
decorative
art
ware
.
Founded
in
1872
by
Samuel
A.
Weller
(1851-
1925)
,
initially
in
Fultenham
,
Ohio
, he
moved
production
to
Zanesville
in
1888
and
built
his
first
factory
in
1890
. The
company
handled
all
aspects
if
production
, from
digging
the
clay
all
the
way
through
the
firing
in the
kiln
. At
first
,
Weller
produced
everyday
items
such
as
cookware
and
flower
pots
, but in
1895
the
company
began
producing
more
decorative
items
such
as
vases
and
figurines
,
eventually
becoming
the
largest
producer
of
art
pottery
in the
world
. The
few
of the
most
popular
of his
patterns
are:
Hudson
,
Sicard
,
Louwelsa
,
Woodcraft
and
Camelot
.
Sam
Weller's
Pottery
closed
in
1948
.
Though
many
think
that
Weller
Pottery
is
just
an
imitation
of
Roseville
and
Rookwood
pottery
,
Weller
pieces
are
displayed
at the
Metropolitan
Museum
of
Art
in
New
York
, and at
other
museums
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B07F09_008_1.TIF
Image Height
6032
Image Width
4613
File Size
83482685 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2011-05-06
Date modified
2011-05-06
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