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 40
bowl, elaborately decorated with vines andflower bearing the same mark. We must infer, that Mr. Fenton was apractical potter, of extraordinary skill, well-nigh agenius at his trade, artistic in his tastes, a natural-ist, something of a chemist, a profound student,probably erratic and perhaps… … No. 5- HISTORY OF THE BENNINGTON POTTERY 25 ter potter than financier, as is evidenced by the fre-quent and numerous changes in the partnershipsof which he was a member. Presumably much elated over his successshown in his early productions in Parian, Rocking-ham and other wares, he was enabled…
Pottery -- United States · Pottery -- Vermont Bennington
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