Shawnee Pottery was started in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1937.
The company made vases, novelty ware, flowerpots, planters, lamps, and cookie jars.
Three dinnerware lines were made: Corn, Lobster Ware, and Valencia (a solid color line).
White Corn pattern utility pieces were made in 1945.
Corn King was made from 1946 to 1954; Corn Queen, [...]

Rookwood Pottery was founded in 1880 by Marie Longworth Nichols. Rookwood pottery’s initial work demonstrated an Oriental and European influence. Throughout Rookwood’s years they mastered such diverse styles as Victorian, art nouveau, arts and crafts, and art deco.
From the very beginning, Rookwood pottery’s production and quality standards exceeded virtually every other American art pottery [...]

Weller Pottery began production in 1872. Weller was founded by Samuel Weller. In 1895, Weller pottery purchased Lonhuda Pottery.
With the addition of Lonhuda, Weller began production of Louwelsa. Louwelsa would become one of Weller’s most popular lines and ultimately included over 500 different shapes of vases and bowls.
They continued to produce high quality pottery [...]

The Roseville Pottery Company was founded in 1890. Roseville initially produced simple utilitarian ware such as flower pots, stoneware, umbrella stands, cuspidors, and limited painted ware. In 1900, Roseville Rozane became the first high quality art pottery line produced by Roseville.
Throughout Roseville’s days of production, its versatility and innovativeness served to keep the company [...]

UHL, rhyming with school, is some of the hottest pottery selling in today’s antique collector’s world.
UHL pottery fired approximately 1000 different items out of Evansville and Huntingburg, Indiana.
The stoneware was produced from the 1850’s through the 1940’s , and collectors are currently paying a high price for common crocks, jugs and garden/utilitarian ware, while [...]

Among the Arts & Crafts potteries of early 20th century, the Saturday Evening Girls (SEG) Paul Revere Pottery holds a special place.
Founded in Boston around 1907, the pottery gave young women the chance to learn a trade and the skills needed to run a business.
It was a success, creating forms and decorative designs [...]

Vernon Kilns was founded in July 1931 after Faye G. Bennison purchased the Poxon China Company in Vernon, California.
The Poxon China Company had its headquarters at 2310 East 52nd Street, Vernon, California, now part of Los Angeles. Bennison continued to produce Poxon lines, using Poxon shapes for some time before an earthquake in 1933 [...]

Begun by Samuel Hill in 1814 in Flemington, New Jersey, and known as Hill Pottery. Hill was a utilitarian potter, producing drain pipes and storage crocks and jars from Flemington’s red earthenware clay. By the 1860s, the company had been acquired by Abram Fulper, who continued in the utilitarian pottery business, but produced [...]

In 1881, William Gates founded the Terra Cotta Tile Works. Gates initially produced terra-cotta bricks, drain tiles and pottery.
The Teco pottery line was introduced in 1902. Teco exemplifies pottery of the “Praire School” arts and crafts movement of which Frank Lloyd Wright made so popular.
Teco Pottery is most famous for simple, matte green glazes [...]

The Robinson Ransbottom Pottery was founded by Frank Ransbottom and has been in operation since 1900. Frank had close ties with the world famous art potteries of this era, and his brothers Ed and Mort held important positions at Roseville Pottery.
In 1920, the company merged with Robinson Clay Products Company, a manufacturer of tile and [...]