Title	Potter at work
Creator	Federal Writers' Project
Subject	Pottery--Ohio--Zanesville Art pottery, American--Ohio--Zanesville--History Weller Pottery Company Pottery wheels Ohio--History--Pictorial works Federal Writers' Project.
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Place	Zanesville (Ohio) Muskingum County (Ohio)
Description	Reverse reads: "Page: 43; Picture: 53; Credit: J. Connor Howell; Caption: Rimming a jug on a Potter's Wheel." This photograph depicts an unknown potter forming the rim of a jug. This photo was most likely taken at S.A. Weller Pottery Company in Zanesville, Ohio. S.A. Weller Pottery, located at 1888 Ceramic Avenue, was generally considered to be the largest art pottery maker in the world. Founded in 1872 by Samuel A. Weller 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. Some of the most popular of his patterns were: Hudson, Sicard, Louwelsa, Woodcraft and Camelot. The S.A. Weller Pottery Company closed in 1948.
Date of Original	ca. 1935-1940
Collection	Ohio Guide Collection
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
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_B13F08_015_001.tif
Image Height	6224
Image Width	4880
File Size	91133836 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2011-06-02
Date modified	2015-10-16

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