Ceramic Museum East Liverpool Ohio

In 1840 james bennett established the small town s first commercial pottery.

Ceramic museum east liverpool ohio.

The museum of ceramics is a collection of so much of ohio s history. By the turn of the century the pottery industry had grown to the extent that it was producing 50 per cent of america s ceramics. East liverpool pottery district manufacturers distributors and decorators the following alphabetical list of firms provides insight into the extent of the pottery industry throughout east liverpool s history. 1945 1970 adamant porcelain co.

The museum of ceramics houses an extensive collection of the wares produced in east liverpool ohio and the 1909 u s. The east liverpool museum of ceramics displays a vast collection of ceramics from east liverpool oh and the surrounding region along the ohio river. Click thumbnail to enlarge. 1945 acme craftware inc.

Come with us as we take you on a guided tour with director of the museum of ceramics sara vodrey. Here are the instructions how to enable javascript in your web browser. The museum of ceramics founded in 1980 preserves the rich pottery history of the east liverpool area. Post office that now houses the museum is listed on the national register of historic places.

Displays of ware by individual potteries make up the remainder of the exhibit area. The museum of ceramics housed in the former east liverpool post office is a ceramics museum that contains an extensive collection of ceramic wares produced in and around east liverpool ohio united states the museum is operated by a museum of ceramics foundation and by the ohio historical society in a city long known as america s crockery city and the pottery capital of the nation. 1924 agner foutts and co. There is also a display of rare personalized shaving mugs.

East liverpool was a town totally devoted to the production of pottery. The lower level of the museum depicts production with life size dioramas of a jigger shop kiln decorating shop and salesroom. We will look at classic pottery created in east liverpool from the 1850 s to today. 1863 1883 agner and gaston 1883 1884 alcock.