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In 1872 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">Samuel Weller</span> </span>of Zanesville, Ohio began Weller Pottery. He purchased Lowhoudan Pottery in 1895 and renamed it <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Louwelsa</span></i>, which became Weller Pottery's most popular line and ultimately included over 500 different shapes of vases and bowls. Charles Upjohn joined as Arts Director and introduced<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Dickens Ware</span></i> before leaving the company in 1904. Weller hired Jacques Sicard in 1902, who developed the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Sicard</i></span> line which continues to be one of Weller's most sought after patterns to date. Although Weller Sicard production ended in 1907, by 1906 there were countless hand decorated lines at Weller including <i style="font-size: x-large;">Art Nouveau</i>, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Aurelian</span></i>, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Eocean,</span></i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Etna</i></span>, and <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Modeled Matte</span></i> to name a few. By the 1920's many hand decorated lines were discontinued and production shifted to commercial art pottery which included <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Blue Drapery</span></i>, </div>
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Maria Wheeler, Simply Cool Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965111647762142124noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940226183629853399.post-17414246922915245282014-11-03T05:30:00.000-05:002014-11-05T10:23:45.745-05:00Ode to November<div class="signature">
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">-Sara Coleridge, 1802-1852, English author</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-style: italic;">Transferware</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">is a a printing process begun in 1756 by John Sadler and Guy Green of Liverpool, England. It was adopted by Josiah Wedgwood for the very popular cream ware. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;">Transferware</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">is a process whereby a pattern is etched onto a copper plate, inked, transferred on to a tissue, which is then laid onto a bisque fired ceramic piece.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-style: italic;">Transferware</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">has a crisp decal-like look to it. It was created as an economical alternative to hand painted dish ware. Prior to its development, only the very affluent English could afford sets of exquisitely hand painted china and ceramics.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">blue (many shades, including flow blue), red (called pink), black (called jet), brown (called sienna), purple (called Mulberry), and green. Yellow was a very rare color and not often found. The pieces can be easy enough to date with the English Registry marks dating from 1842-1883. <i> </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>a legal holiday commemorating the</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>first voyage and sighting of the </i></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">1492</span>.</span></i></div>
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<i>Interesting that the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">New World</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>is now <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">522</span> years old.... Explorers traveled through unfamiliar areas with the intention of discovering and learning something new. </i><i>Might just be time again for some of that... </i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">success</span>,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">value</span>.</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><i>and the value of antiques.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It defines </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">positive impact</span>; </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">heap up</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> abundantly<i>.</i></span></div>
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Maria Wheeler, Simply Cool Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965111647762142124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940226183629853399.post-39778845951624403752014-09-01T05:00:00.000-04:002014-09-01T05:00:06.254-04:00Ode to Labor Day<div class="signature">
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Proposed by the the Central Labor Union as a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">'workingman's holiday'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, the first official </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Labor Day</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> occurred in New York City on Tuesday 5 September, 1882. Over the years Labor Day has continued to be enjoyed by all as the official ending to the lazy days of summer. </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Despite those lazy days, it always seems to arrive too quickly....</span></i></div>
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Maria Wheeler, Simply Cool Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965111647762142124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940226183629853399.post-39915179913049132582014-08-25T13:47:00.001-04:002014-08-25T13:47:35.711-04:00T is for trademark USA<div class="signature">
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">USA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> mark on the base of a piece of vintage pottery identifies it as being American made only. Such pieces were marked accordingly by a myriad of potteries in the United States during the first half of the 20th Century.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The most popular pieces are from the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">McCoy Pottery Co. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Roseville, OH, 1910-1990) and the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">Shawnee Pottery Co. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Zanesville, OH, 1937-1961). Identifying the piece to the pottery requires a thorough examining of the base, including glazed over stilts, yellow ware clay, and glaze versus non-glaze bottoms. Finishes from the early 20th Century were often </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">shiny</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> until 1915 when </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">matte glazes</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">came into vogue. Shiny glazes returned to popularity during the late 1930's through the 1960's. </span></i></div>
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Maria Wheeler, Simply Cool Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965111647762142124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940226183629853399.post-67764316161765291332014-08-18T06:00:00.000-04:002014-08-18T06:00:08.646-04:00Twenty years from now...<div class="signature">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Twenty years from now</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>you will be more disappointed </i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>by the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">things that you didn't do</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>So, </i></span></div>
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Begun by Samuel Hill as Hill Pottery in 1814, the company was acquired by Abram Fulper in the 1860's and changed from utilitarian wares to the lovely art pottery <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Vasekraft </span></i>line in 1909.</div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Martin Stangl</span></i> was a ceramic engineer who was hired by Fulper in 1910 to develop new glazes and shapes for the thriving Fulper company. Stangl Pottery Company became incorporated as a separate business in 1955. By the 1940's, hand painted dinnerware was popularized and it was Stangl that led the way with beautiful lines sold thorough posh department stores in the United States.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>July 1969 AD.</i></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">stone</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> after its </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">thrown</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">word</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> after its </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">said</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">occasion</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> after it's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">missed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-size: x-large;">time</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> after its </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-size: x-large;">gone</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></i></div>
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<i>Petalware was introduced during the Depression as a substitute for fine china. The initial colors consisted of clear and blush pink. The<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Monax</span></span> line - fired on colored plates of red, blue, green and yellow - was created in the mid 1930's, with Ivory Monax, or <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Ivrene</span> </span>- as the last color to be created in 1939. Ivrene later became known as<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cremax</span></span>. Sets of Petalware were also sold with gold edging, bands of pastel pink, blue, and yellow as well as with hand painted red flowers of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Florette</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mountain Flower</span> </span>line. </i></div>
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