Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2000.13 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Lonhuda Pottery Company (1892-1894) |
Title |
Pitcher in Brown with Yellow Flowers |
Date |
1893 |
Decorator |
Jessie R. Spaulding (c.1867-1929) |
Designer |
William A. Long (1844-1918) |
Cipher |
A stylized incised "JRS" for Jesse R. Spaulding is incised on the underside |
Makers Marks |
This piece has a die-impressed manufacturer's mark on the underside that reads LONHUDA / Native American Head Logo / Stylized LO logo / 128 / 1893. |
Description |
The Lonhuda Pottery Company (1892-1894) was founded in 1892 by William A. Long (1844-1918) in Steubenville, Ohio. In 1893, the company displayed its works at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Lonhuda Pottery Company's ware was so impressive, that Samuel A. Weller of Weller Pottery Company purchased shares in Lonhuda Pottery Company and called the new enterprise Lonhuda Fai 1894, Lonhuda and Weller who began producing their own line called Lonhuda. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze, Underglaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Hand Decorated, Sprayed with an Atomizer |
Height (in) |
4.750 |
Diameter (in) |
7.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Steubenville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Raymond W. Thomas in Memory of Eva L. Thomas |
People |
Spaulding, Jessie R. Thomas, Raymond W. |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Arts and Crafts Movement Brown Cast Flowers Hand Decorated High Gloss Lonhuda Lonhuda Pottery Company (1892-1894) Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Pitchers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Sprayed with an Atomizer Steubenville, Ohio Underglaze Slip Painted Yellow Zanesville Artists |
Location |
On view in the American Art Pottery Gallery, 1st Floor |