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This mug, part of a toilet set, was made by Trenton factory Ott & Brewer. The mug is 3 3/4 inches high.
The decoration consists of an enamel painted maroon ground and gold bands at rim and base with custom name inside a gold-accented cartouche. The factory probably would have described the decoration as grounds & gold with name. The name is L. M. Line (or possibly Hine, although the initial letter does not look like a capital H). The name was not found in 1859, 1881, and 1882 Trenton city directories. Neither a matching pattern nor these names are present in the Ott & Brewer 1877-1878 kiln book or pattern drawings dating to the mid-1870s. The kiln book, however, lists under toiletwares 3 mugs with names in gold that refers to this type of decoration. The treatment of the name cartouche is similar to the Rippowam House pitcher pattern drawing (no pattern number).
This simple pattern is one of the most common of Ott & Brewer's 1870s decoration types in pattern drawings and named patterns in the Ott & Brewer Papers at the Downs Collection in Winterthur Library. Toiletwares like this mug are the most common of the decorated wares. The customized name was practical for customers who kept their mug at the barber shop. These decorated white granite wares are the predecessors of decorated porcelain hotelwares common in the early 20th century.
An earlier Ott & Brewer post describes band & lines and ground & lines decoration and the process of groundlaying:
Trenton Pots 7: Ott & Brewer toothbrush vases & pattern drawings (the vases have the same Etruria Stone China mark as the mug):
http://www.greatestjournal.com/community/potterynews/18186.html
Earlier post on shaving mugs:
http://www.greatestjournal.com/community/potterynews/27058.html
Source
http://www.greatestjournal.com/community/potterynews/tag/documents
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Paul Revere Pottery Takes You on a Historic Ride
Paul Revere Pottery Takes You on a Historic Ride
Arts & Crafts Wares Kept Girl Potters & Collectors Very Busy
by Tammy Springer, CollectingChannel.com Staff
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It’s a common theory among parents of teenagers – keep them busy, and they may not have time to get into any trouble! But just what activity, pray tell, would do the trick? After all, mowing the lawn and washing the dishes only go so far. How about something more creative and constructive, something along the lines of producing a line of fine commercial art pottery, for example? Before you get to chuckling too hard, however, take a good look at the lasting legacy of The Saturday Evening Girls Club and Paul Revere Pottery.
Keeping young girls well "occupied" and teaching them a fun, profitable and useful trade was just what Paul Revere Pottery founders Edith Guerrier and Edith Brown had in mind when they first proposed the idea of a pottery to the young members of The Saturday Evening Girls Club. The girls, most of who were the teenaged daughters of local immigrant families, met weekly for various activities at the Boston Public Library in Boston, Massachusetts.
Within a year of their inspiration, Guerrier and Brown studied potting, bought their first kiln, hired a pottery chemist and set up shop in their own home and a local summer camp in 1907. A year later, they moved their growing enterprise to Library Club House, a large brick structure near the church where Paul Revere
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| A vivid yellow SEG / Paul Revere Pottery vase | first glimpsed the fateful twinkle of signal lights that triggered his famous ride. Soon after, they named their company Paul Revere Pottery.
Along with the new location, the Saturday Evening Girls acquired a marvelous financial backer for their fledgling company. Boston socialite and philanthropist Mrs. James J. Storrow had already funded a number of local programs aimed at helping the unemployed and idle find worthwhile occupation, so the girls and their pottery project were right up her alley. Storrow, along with a number of other wealthy Bostonians, continued to help finance the Club’s venture until the closure of Paul Revere Pottery in 1942.
But Library Club House did a lot to help itself, as well. A steady series of lectures, music and dance classes, readings, glee club recitals and plays also generated funds to support the pottery. And it paid off handsomely. Within five years, the public was eagerly buying up Paul Revere Pottery’s Arts & Crafts style art ware, keeping a total of more than 200 girls well occupied. An average of around 20 girls at a time actively worked on the pottery.
The girls worked in brightly lit, well-ventilated rooms decked with flowers. They even had someone on hand to read them stories as they created their masterpieces. The deal even included a two-week paid vacation – certainly no Dickensian child labor problems here!
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In the 35 years that Paul Revere Pottery operated, the girls produced a number of distinctive wares coveted by many of today’s collectors. You’ll find Paul Revere art ware items like bowls, vases, humidors, lamps, desk sets, candlesticks, tiles and paperweights. Dinnerware items were also popular, including plates, cups, platters, pitchers, cream & sugars, salt & pepper sets, honey jars and a large array of children’s items.
Simpler items came in a single color with either a glossy or matte finish. The more popular decorative items show off the girls’ talents. For decoration, they’d typically outline a geometric design, flowers or a landscape scene in black and fill it in with assorted colors. Decoration on the children’s items was especially charming, with duckies, rabbts, cats, chickens and roosters running rampant.
Keep an eye out for a distinctive round backstamp depicting a man on a galloping horse with the words "Paul Revere Pottery." Paper labels marked "Bowl Shop, S.E.G." were also added, but of course, few stuck around for the long haul. Some of the most treasured pieces also bear the carved initials of the talented teen who created them.
So, what’s a Paul Revere Pottery item worth after all these years? They sure don’t come cheap. Even a plainer art ware piece with some repair can sell for more than $150, with most priced from about $200 on up. You will find some smaller items for a bit less, however, especially if you keep an eye on the online auctions. More highly decorative items start a bit higher, and are often priced from about $300 on up to $1,000 or more for rare finds.
Not bad for a bunch of kids, is it? Kinda makes you wonder what your own could do with the proper motivation…
Source collectingchannel.com
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Paul Revere Pottery Takes You on a Historic Ride
Vase decor - incorporating vases in tabletop decoration - Brief Article
A designer's way with tabletop arrangements
Since Kenneth Wingard quit his job as director of the accessories division at Pottery Barn five years ago to start his own home accessories company, he has created a dazzling array of award-winning products for the home, from candlesticks and ceramics to pillows and lamps. Beautiful tabletop arrangements are his specialty. We asked him for advice on decorating with tabletop accessories, using ceramic vases from his own line.
"If you think of a vase only as a vessel for holding flowers, you grossly underestimate its value," he says. "Regardless of its shape, size, or color, a vase should be viewed as artwork for the table or mantel, and the flowers that go in it should complement, not overwhelm it." One large accent flower as a focal point is often all that is needed for a gathering of shapely ceramics.
"Anyone can create an elegant table setting by following a few basic principles," says Wingard. The examples shown here, created at the home of San Francisco advertising creative director Bob Pullum, illustrate some of these principles in pairing ceramic vases with furniture, artwork, and flowers.
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The Historical photos courtesy of the Stedelijke Musea in Gouda
BACKGROUND_________________
It should come as no surprise that Gouda pottery, one of the world’s most exciting decorative art forms, developed in the Netherlands. As far back as the 17th century, Holland produced many of the great Old Master painters, including Rembrandt and Vermeer. And thanks to its early naval and commercial successes, Holland’s traders brought back exciting new types of pottery and china from the far corners of the world, especially from what is now known as Indonesia and also the Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan. Over time, Dutch artists developed their own innovative forms, color palettes, and glazes. Delftware, sold throughout the world, became one of the country’s largest exports and reason for great national pride.
While many kinds of art, design, and color have always been integral to Dutch life, the ultimate expression of the people’s love for visual beauty is their daily pleasure in growing and giving of flowers. This extensive artistic heritage provided an excellent climate for the development of Gouda pottery in the early 20th century.
Another important element preparing the way for the growth of Dutch decorative arts was the rapidly growing middle class in the mid-to-late 19th century. They paraded their success by conspicuous consumption, especially in the areas of home building and furnishings. Photographs from the period show rooms chock-full of pottery and porcelain along with every conceivable kind of sculpture and painting. In order to en-courage domestic businesses to enter the immensely profitable international home furnishings trade, the Netherlands relaxed its internal tax code. Plateelfabriek (pottery factory) Rozenburg opened in 1883 in The Hague and became enormously successful, even winning the prestigious 1st Prize for its magnificent "eggshell porcelain" at the Paris World’s Fair of 1900.
Other Dutch companies, including Plateelfabriek Zuid-Holland (PZH), entered the expanding world ceramics market. Opening in 1898 (the first major art pottery company in Gouda), PZH later became the largest and most successful art pottery company in the country. Soon other companies (some of which had originally been pipe factories) opened in Gouda and nearby towns. They hoped to ride PZH’s coattails to success, and just as PZH had zealously copied Rozenburg’s and other early Dutch companies’ high-glazed pottery, the newer companies copied PZH’s high-glazed and, even more avidly, its semimatte pottery. Even if the pottery was produced in Arnhem or Schoonhoven, it was usually called Gouda because of the marked similarities in style and color to the art pottery made in Gouda.
____A PLETHORA OF RICHES____
Wherever Gouda collectors gather, they enthusiastically debate the merits of their favorite type of pottery, either high glaze, matte, or semi matte.
Some love high glaze because of its elegant colors and forms. Only PZH, of the Gouda-type companies, produced early (pre-1915) high-glazed pottery. One of its earliest design groups was a blue-and-gray series with patterns influenced by both the Arts-and-Crafts and Art-Nouveau movements. This exquisite series was phased out by 1905 and is especially difficult to find. Two other high-glazed series closely resembled Rozenburg’s turn-of-the-century pottery (not surprising since the two primary designers came from Rozenburg). Porcelain Decor had delicate pastel cross-hatched florals on a white background, while Gouda Decor was covered with mainly green, purple, and tan abstract and floral designs. Whereas early Gouda Decor designs were abstract and free-flowing in the Art-Nouveau manner, later ones were usually symmetrical with carefully outlined pattern areas.
http://www.journalofantiques.com
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YOGYAKARTA AND CENTRAL JAVA
VISITNG YOGYAKARTA AND CENTRAL JAVA
YOGYAKARTA CITY
Yogyakarta, one of the three Special Districts of Indonesia, is considered to be the foremost center of Javanese Culture. Located at the foot of the active volcano Mt. Merapi, the fertile plain of Yogyakarta was established in the 16th and 17"centuries. The Seat of the Mighty Javanese Empire of Mataram Yogyakarta has a special, gentle charm which seldom fails to captivate visitors.
This Trip features: Sultan Palace (Kraton), Taman Sari WaterCastle, Bird Market, batik and silver factories.
SHOPPING TOURS
This tour is a specialized shopping tour, which visit batik, silver and shadow puppet factories inclusive shopping on site. The tour is continued at local, traditional market and ended by having a look along famed Malioboro street, the main shopping avenue where you will find shops, restaurants, services and stalls selling souvenirs offering big bargains for visitors.
By night this famous Malioboro street offers Lesehan Restaurant where visitor (s) sit out on the street having dinner and watching the hustle and bustle of Yogyakarta roll by. Sometimes local artists offer music with orchestra ( this night Malioboro
KOTAGEDE LEGENDARY TRIP
Kotagede is a neat little town which was once the seat of The Mighty Mataram Kingdom. In this old placid town the graves of the first rulers of Mataram are still found.
This trip will trace Kotagede which is not only viewed on its silver home industry but also learning and discovering it as the old city of Yogyakarta and the glorious root of Mataram Kingdom.
This tour will be completed by visiting SultanPalace (Kraton)
VOLCANO LIGHT TREKKING
Four (4) hours return walk exploring the depth of Kaliurang tropical rain forest through the Lava Streams, valleys, gorges and rivers en route to the slopes of Mt Merapi. On the way you will observe traditional village life, as well as having a chance to experience a variety of tropical plants and fruits, birds, vegetation and the beauty the landscape in the cool mountain air.
The trekking ends with traditional light snack and tea provided in a bamboo hut in the village.
Clothes : sport shoes, t-shirt and hat (jeans trousers not advisable).
MOUNT MERAPI FULL TREKKING - SUN RISE VIEW FROM THE TOP
Got burning desire to explore the highest mountain in JOGJA, Central Java, Indonesia to then you will be landed in the right place.
Start at 07.OOPM from JOGJA and climb up at 12.00 midnight, enjoy the sunrise from the top of Mount Merapi, find Mount Merbabu and Sumbing while sunrise comes up.
LAVA TOUR WITH I NIGHT STAYING AT KALIURANG RESORT
Start from hotel in Yogya by afternoon about 4.00 Pm to let the clients having afternoon atmosphere of the mountain in Kaliurang or even having sunset if weather allows.
Having a rest and enjoy the evening and night situation in Kaliurang by 1 night overnight at one villa at Kaliurang Resort ( located in the foot of Merapi Volcano )for then by early morning the day after starting for Lava Tours.
About 8.am, after Lava tour, back to villa for rest after then discovering about Kaliurang with its richness ( such as museum, fruit market , etc ) and check out before afternoon for next program in Yogyakarta.
BOROBUDUR BUDDHIST TEMPLE
Borobudur is a Buddhist temple and located 42 km west of Yogyakarta. It is one of the world's most famous temples, standing majestic and serene on a hillock overlooking lush green fields and distant hills. The shrine is the world's and most complete collection of Buddhist relief. The walls of Borobudur are sculptured in bas-relief extending over a total length of six kilometers. it has been hailed as the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist relief in the world, unsurpassed in artistic merit, each scene an individual masterpiece.
PRAMBANAN HINDHU TEMPLE
This magnificent Shiva (Hindhu) temple derives its name from the village on the northern fringe on which it is located. Locally it's known as The Roro Jonggrang temple or the temple of the" Slender Virgin". It is reputated to be the biggest and most beautiful Hindu temple in Indonesia. Seventeen kilometres (17 kms ) East of Jogja , the temple is believed to have been built by King Balitung Maha Sambu during the middle of the 9th century. Its parapets are adorned with a bas relief depicting the Ramayana.
KASONGAN POTTERY VILLAGE AND SUNSET AT PARANGTRITIS SOUTH BEACH
Kasongan is a pottery village where people makes earth wares designed in a high taste of craftsmanship. Almost all the inhabitants in this village are engaged in making pottery works using the very traditional equipment but having artistic touch. Located 10 kms to the Southeast of Jogja.
Trip will be continued to Parangtritis South Beach, which is very famous with its magical story behind it with its wonderful beach. If weather allows, Sunset can be seen from the hillock.
JAVA CRAFTS POTTERY COMPANY
Please visit Java-crafts company in Kasongan Yogyakarta to find Pottery High Quality
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