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Do you have any information about
any Kentucky art pottery (1900-1950) not listed here? Please
contact us.
We are particularly interested in information about Paducah
Tile, Bauer Pottery's Kentucky operation (did they make art
pottery before they went to California?), Cat's Paw, or any other for a
new book. |
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For more examples of Kentucky pottery, go to
http://www.KOAR.org. |
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Paducah Tile mark:
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We're looking for information
about this pottery, which we believe to be from Western
Kentucky. Please email us if you know anything. |
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An example of Hand-Turned Old Kentucky
- made in 1923
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An example of Bean Blossom Bybee
in the uranium glaze.
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Bean Blossom Bybee
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Bybee
Pottery / Cornelison Pottery
Bybee,
Kentucky, about 1837 - present
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You can
still buy Bybee Pottery, but these marks represent the early
20th century art pottery marks. More contemporary Bybee
Pottery is signed "BB." |
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unmarked Genuine Bybee:
this would have had a paper label
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unmarked Genuine Bybee
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Bybee
Pottery Company
Lexington,
Kentucky, 1922 - 1929
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An example of Selden Bybee
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Sometimes this
Kentucky pottery was marked with a paper label and you just have
to learn to recognize the bottoms and the shapes. Many
of the shapes in the Selden line were unique and so are easily
identified. There is a Selden catalog, but it doesn't show
all the shapes. |
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Louisville Pottery Co. unmarked
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LOUISVILLE POTTERY COMPANY
Louisville, Kentucky, 1906 - 1971
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An example of Daniel Boone pottery
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The Louisville Pottery Company made Cherokee, Daniel Boone and Great
Smoky Mountains. Some of their works were marked by paper
labels which have long since been washed away. Also, it
has been reported that too much chlorine bleach will remove the
ink stamps. An unmarked bottom is almost as distinctive
as a mark when coupled with the style and glaze of the piece.
The Louisville Pottery Company was bought by John B. Taylor in
1938. |
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Waco
Pottery
Waco,
Kentucky, 1905 - 1939
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An example of Waco's strawberry
glaze
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Waco pottery
was known for its simple shapes and beautiful glazes, including
its unique strawberry glaze. Much of the pottery is unmarked,
especially the larger pieces. |
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unmarked Waco
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Kenton
Hills Porcelains, Inc.
Erlanger,
Kentucky, 1940 - 1944
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Kenton
Hills Porcelains was started by Harold Bopp, William Hentschel,
and David Seyler, all of whom worked at Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati. |
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John b. Taylor
Louisville, Kentucky, 1938 - 1971
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An example of Blue Grass
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John
B. Taylor bought the Louisville Pottery Company in 1938. Taylor,
who worked with Mary Alice Hadley and other designers, sold the
company in 1971, when it was renamed the Louisville Stoneware
Company. That business remains in operation. |
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Hadley signature
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Commercial mark
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Hadley pottery
Louisville, Kentucky 1944 - present
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Mary
Alice Hadley started out working for John B. Taylor. She
was influenced by Picasso. The signature on the left is
by Mary Alice Hadley. The one on the right is not.
It was made at the Hadley Pottery Co., where all of the very
delightful dinnerware is signed like that. |
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mystery marks
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Do
you have an answer to these marks? We've been told the square
one is Niloak. Do you have some more Kentucky pottery marks or
more information to add? Let us know: info@paynefinearts.com. |
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