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Metadata
Object ID |
2008.15.6 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
American Encaustic Tiling Company (1875-1935) |
Title |
Figurine in Green of a Woman Holding Bowl |
Date |
1937 |
Designer |
Attributed to George Stanberry (Active 1877) |
Cipher |
What appears to be a "GS" for George Stanberry on the underside. |
Makers Marks |
This piece has a die-impressed manufacturer's mark on the underside that reads AETCO. |
Description |
The American Encaustic Tiling Company (1875-1935) was founded in 1875 in Zanesville, Ohio by E.H. Hall with the backing of New York businessmen Benedict Fischer and George R. Lansing. Mechanical Engineer George Stanberry became superintendent in 1876 and helped American Encaustic Tiling Company use machinery to mass-produce tiles on a scale unseen in the United States. The company grew rapidly, having to move to larger factories twice by 1892. Sculptor Herman Mueller and chemist Karl Langenbeck helped the company produce more tiles and grow even faster. On April 19, 1892, a new factory was opened on Linden Avenue in Zanesville and was marketed as the largest tile factory on the planet. In 1894, Mueller and Langenbeck left American Encaustic to start their own tile company, the Mosaic Tile Company. In 1917, popular designer Frederick Hurten Rhead (1880-1942) came to American Encaustic, where he was the director of the research department. The American Encaustic Tiling Company continued producing tiles and pottery until the Zanesville factory closed in 1935. The museum purchased this piece from the George H. Krause Collection in 2008. George Krause was a glaze chemist and ceramics engineer who worked at Roseville Pottery beginning in 1915 and played a major role at the company thought the first half of the twentieth century. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed |
Height (in) |
7.500 |
Width (in) |
5.500 |
Depth (in) |
3.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Art Pottery Figurine |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
Source Collection |
George H. Krause Collection |
People |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund Stanberry, George |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics American Encaustic Tiling Company (1875-1935) Art Pottery Figurine Blue Bowls Cast Clothing / Dress Figures, Women Figurines George H. Krause Collection Green Matte Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |