Early American folk pottery, including the history of Bennington pottery (1918)
Pitkin, Albert Hastings, 1852-1917, Pitkin, Albert Hastings, Mrs., 1853- · Hartford, Conn. [The Case Lockwood & Brainard Co.] · leaf 162
do and besides paying all the expensesof their journey to America, they bought largetracts of land after their arrival. About 1717, however, the masses of thepoorer classes began to come, excited by the favor-able accounts sent back by those who had precededthem. No doubt, potteries were soon… … No. 8. EARLY AMERICAN FOLK POTTERY 107 by the peoples from that section should closelyresemble what they had made in their native land.The potters in the vicinity of Philadelphia, littleby little were obliged to move farther to thewest in the State. Three techniques were employed in thedecoration…
Pottery -- United States · Pottery -- Vermont Bennington
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