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Rookwood
Pottery

Rookwood Pottery Gallery

Rookwood Pottery Gallery with Videos
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Items pictured on this web site are mainly used for educational value.
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Item sold December 2012
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Rookwood Heritage

“It is safe to assert that no ceramic establishment which existed in the United States has come nearer to fulfilling the requirements of a distinctively American institution than the Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, Ohio…its exquisite ceramic creations may be found in almost every home of culture and refinement and in every prominent Art Museum in the land.” - Edwin Atlee Barber, 1893

Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati was the first to gain artistic recognition and respect for the United States. In 1889, Rookwood was awarded the First Prize Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle. This was a shock to the international artistic community who had never really paid much attention to American ceramics. In less than a decade after starting as a hobby pottery shop, Rookwood had grown to become a company with an international reputation for ceramic excellence. This recognition forever changed the way the international community viewed American art.

In 1876, Maria Longworth from Cincinnati attended the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. With over four hundred countries displaying the finest of their ceramic accomplishments, many thought that the American pieces were inferior. At this time, this perception was not unusual. It was generally thought that American art was hundreds of years behind the rest of the world. Especially in ceramics, American art was considered unrefined, made with little talent or technique.

Inspired by the Japanese designs she saw in Philadelphia, Maria began to dream of changing that perception. Fortunately, Maria was a woman with aspirations and means. The daughter of real estate millionaire and arts patron Joseph Longworth, Maria asked her father to provide the funds for her own pottery. She believed that the key to creating fine art was to create an environment filled with talent, ideas and inspiration.

Named after the Longworth family estate in Cincinnati, Rookwood became the first female manufacturing company in the United States. She hired a team of famous artists, talented art students and glaze technicians and encouraged them to exchange ideas. Most importantly, she encouraged her employees to be creative, to try new subjects, new techniques and new mediums. Whatever inspired them to create fine art.


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To all Visitors

This site has been developed not just to sell
Antiques and Collectibles (of course it does some of that) rather it is to provide information about Antiques, Collectibles,
artwork, art pottery, furniture types, furniture styles, jewelry, and militaria from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War. T
his site is all about information and history that is not readily available elsewhere on the Internet. We think West St Paul Antiques is one of the best Antique Malls in the State of Minnesota and we have been working hard to create that excellence for the last 25 years. We have expertise on Antiques & Collectibles and as we read and study about history and antiques we also strive to be historians. We will share that expertise with you and all the visitors to our site. Stop by and visit our Antique Mall  in West St Paul, Minnesota.
Or, you are all welcome to visit us on the web.

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email me directly at floyd@weststpaulantiques.com if you have any questions or feedback about this site. Please sign our guest book and check out our Poetry Coffee Cup Cafe, or the Out and About Gallery.

The Reference Library an all 5 Museums are open to you 24/7 on this website. Stop by one of The Class of 66' web pages or one of the 1st Recon Battalion pages where you can read about my experiences in Vietnam.

Oh, by the way, also check out all our Antiques, Collectibles, artwork, art pottery, clocks, mall specials,  furniture types and styles,  jewelry and militaria items for sale in our Antique Mall.  Check it out by going to Antique Mall Tour. This site will be totally commercial free with no fees to pay.  I'll be working on this site over time so bear with me. It should be finished by the end of 2048 with over 10,000 pages at that time and 500 pages by the end of next year.
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