Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2009.6.1 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Sterling Vitrified China Company (1917-?) |
Title |
International Brotherhood of Operative Potters Commemorative Plate |
Date |
Circa 1935 |
Makers Marks |
This piece has a black manufacturer's ink stamp on the underside that reads Sterling / Vitrified China / East-Liverpool-Ohio / U.S.A. / C-9. |
Description |
The Sterling Vitrified China Company (1917-?) was founded in East Liverpool, Ohio in 1917. It was a producer of china and made china for the U.S. Military during Word War II. This plate commemorates the International Brotherhood of Operative Potters, a union formed in the late 1800s by pottery workers around East Liverpool. |
Medium |
Porcelain, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed |
Height (in) |
1.250 |
Diameter (in) |
18.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Art Pottery |
Place of Origin |
East Liverpool, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
People |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Cast Commemorative Plates East Liverpool, Ohio High Gloss Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Ohio Manufacturers Plates Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Sterling Vitrified China Company (1917-?) Words and Phrases Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |