Pink Saturday! Ohio Art Pottery

Happy PINK Saturday!
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Today I want to share something very dear to my heart. I grew up in East Central Ohio not too far from where most of the Ohio Art pottery was produced, the most popular being Roseville,  Weller  McCoy and Hull. Rookwood pottery was also produced in Ohio but in Cincinnati, a different part of the state. I started my collection about thirty years ago, quite by accident. My parents were combining two houses and were going to have an auction to get rid of the excess items they didn't need or want. One day I passed by the boxes my mother had stuffed with "junk" in preparation for the auction. I glanced down and saw a sweet little vase that once belonged to my Great Grandmother laying on top of one of the boxes. "Mom, you aren't  getting rid of THIS are you?" My mom looked up at me with the most bewildered look on her face, I think at this point she must have been overwhelmed, and said "Oh, I guess so". Of course my next question was "CAN I HAVE IT????"  and held my breath as I waited for her reply. "Yes, I suppose so" came the answer I was hoping to hear! To this day I can't believe she was going to get rid of it. And so began my collection of Ohio Art Pottery. My collection is small, only about ten pieces and all but one were Christmas gifts from my parents. I thought I would share a few of my PINK Ohio Art Pottery pieces with you today. This first piece is the one and only piece that I bought myself. It is one of my favorites because I just love the delicate colors. 

(as always, you can click on any of the pictures to bring up a larger view!)

It was manufactured by Hull and another interesting note about this piece, it still has the original HULL sticker on the inside. 

These next two pieces are part of Roseville's Water Lilly collection.

This next piece is by Weller. Weller is not as well known but along with Rookwood was considered somewhat more artistic as artist's were encouraged to develop their own styles. 

This last piece, also by Weller is very special because it is the last piece my parents gave to me before they passed away. 

If you would like more information on Ohio Art pottery, you can click on any of the company names above and it will take you to the Wikipedia article or just Google the names.Have a wonderful, Pinkalicious weekend! Nan

additional resources:  

http://www.carnegie.lib.oh.us/potteries.htm

http://www.wwcomponents.net/roseville/roseville.html