Rookwood Pottery: The Glaze LinesThe Rookwood pottery, founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, produced experimental decorated and commercial pottery from 1880 until 1967. This new book stands ahead of all other references by offering the most complete understanding of Rookwood products, and it places Rookwood's glaze lines in the context of the pottery's history. Author Anita Ellis conclusively explains the Decorated Wares, especially those made after 1915 which have always been problematic, and categorizes and defines the Commercial Ware for the first time. The book is unique in offering the most complete set of Rookwood pottery, potter and decorator marks; a thorough glossary of terms; and all the glaze lines. Over 200 beautiful color photographs of the elegant Rookwood pottery shapes illustrate the glaze lines. A values reference and charts of the talented decorators are included. |
Contents
A BRIEF HISTORY OF | 8 |
DECORATED WARES | 49 |
GLAZE LINES YET | 205 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
airbrush or dips Antique Olive aventurine Butterfat cast or thrown Cincinnati Art Museum CLAY PROCESS collector interest color identification sheet COMMENTS commercial ware lines Courtesy of Cincinnati Courtesy of Jerry covering an object covering an undecorated DECORATING PROCESS decoration created describes this glaze designed to appeal dips the object examples are slip faience fired a final glaze line Courtesy glaze line Vase gloss glaze covering greatest dimension incised Iris glaze line Jeff Bates Later Tiger Eye Limoges MARKS Mat glaze line middle class homemaker Mississippi mold moved to Starkville notebook of glazes object is formed Persian Red Photographer potter's wheel PRODUCTION PROCESS relatively inexpensive relief decoration Rookwood describes Rookwood formally introduced Rookwood moved Rookwood Pottery Sea Green semi-translucent slip cast sprays the glaze Tony Walsh translucent Turquoise undecorated and unsigned undecorated object unique unsigned by artists vat of glaze Vellum glaze line Violet Gray Virtually all examples Wax Mat