Big Ware Turners
Big Ware Turners

Author: Phil Schaltenbrand

Publisher:

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 9780974581903

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Documentation of 300 large and small stoneware operations which flourished in 43 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. Information available for scholars, historians, and collectors. The role of women in the state's potteries, the impact of the Civil War on stoneware manufacture and the ways in which potteries coped with fire and flooding are all represented in this book. Many representative pieces of stoneware illustrated in color, maps, drawings, period advertisements and old documents accent the text.

Raised in Clay
Raised in Clay

Author: Nancy Sweezy

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780807844816

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Raised in Clay is a remarkable portrait of pottery making in the one of the oldest and richest craft traditions in America. Focusing on more than thirty potters in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, and Kentucky, Nancy Sweezy tells how

Pennsylvania Made
Pennsylvania Made

Author: Bernadette Sukley

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1493013270

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A unique guidebook and local resource full of hundreds of things to find and buy, crafts to discover, factories to explore, and history to uncover––all made in Pennsylvania. Hundreds of the state's top cottage industries––all places that you can shop and/or tour––are showcased. Organized by product type, categories include ceramics/pottery, clothing/accessories, furnishings/furniture, glassware, home décor, jewelry, specialty foods, toys/games, and so much more. Together, these homegrown establishments help make up the identity and fabric of the Key Stone State.