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There are hundreds of pottery-related web pages on the Internet. Hope this list gives you a good head-start!

If you discover a non-working link, or if you wish to recommend another pottery web site, please send an email to links@markbassett.com.

Information about Collectible Art Pottery

American Art Clay Company
(or AMACO)
Still in business. Their art pottery era: 1931-1938
American Art Pottery Association
(or AAPA)
Highly recommended! Dues are a bargain.
American Ceramic Society (or ACS) Professional society for working potters & teachers
Arkansas Pottery Info about Camark, Niloak, Ouachita, etc.
Mark Bassett (researcher -- You are here!) Info about Roseville shape numbers. Please recommend this site on your webpage! Thanks.
Ceramics Monthly Journal for studio potters & teachers of ceramics
Cowan Pottery (especially glazes and shape families) Informative site, by Cowan Pottery Associates
Frankoma Pottery Organization of Frankoma lovers (see below)
Waylande Gregory (famous sculptor, worked for Cowan) Informative site, by executors for Gregory Estate
Reproductions marked Roseville Mostly made in China, starting about 1994
Viktor Schreckengost (famous artist, worked for Cowan) On-line exhibition about VS, including his designs for American Limoges and Salem China Co.
Smithsonian Reading List Useful bibliography on ceramics and glass, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution
Vasefinder
Information about American studio pottery and potters, vintage & contemporary
Wisconsin Pottery Info about Pauline, Norse, Ceramic Arts Studio+


Potters & Potteries You Can Visit

Frankoma Pottery Sapulpa, OK
Robinson Ransbottom Pottery
(or R.R.P.Co.)
Roseville, OH
Shearwater Pottery Ocean Springs, MS
Van Briggle Pottery Colorado Springs, CO


Pottery Show Information


Bay Area Pottery Show (January) San Jose, CA
L.A. Pottery Show (February) Los Angeles, CA
Pottery Fest (February) Orlando, FL
Arts and Crafts Conference (February) Asheville, NC
AAPA Convention & Show (April) Location changes:  Syracuse, NY
 in April 2006
North Carolina Pottery Show (May)
Sanford, NC
Pottery Lovers (July) Zanesville, OH
Zanesville Pottery Week (July) Zanesville, OH
American Pottery Show (August) Madison, WI
American Pottery, Earthenware & China (APEC) Show (October)
Grayslake, IL (a Chicago suburb)
The Pottery Show (October) Pasadena, CA (formerly in Glendale)


Modernism Show Information

Palm Springs Modernism (February)
Palm Springs, CA
Cincinnati Modernism (February)
Sharonville, OH
Modern Times in LA (March/October)
Glendale, CA
Michigan Modernism (April)
Southfield, MI
DC Deco (June)
Annandale, VA
Deco to 60s in San Francisco (June)
San Francisco, CA
Modern Show (October)
New York, NY


Auctions


Cincinnati Art Galleries Cincinnati, OH (June and November)
eBay On-line auctions
McAllister Auctions Grand Ledge, MI; and Zanesville, OH (July)
Pottery Auctions On-line specialty auctions
David Rago Lambertville, NJ
Smith and Jones Sudbury, MA
Treadway Gallery Cincinnati, OH (June) or with Toomey Gallery, Oak Park, IL


Museums featuring American Ceramics

American Craft Museum New York, NY
Walter Anderson Museum Ocean Springs, MS
Cowan Pottery Museum at Rocky River Public Library Rocky River, OH
Everson Museum Syracuse, NY
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art Alfred, NY
Morse Museum Winter Park, FL
Museum of Ceramics East Liverpool, OH
Museum of City of Trenton Trenton, NJ
Ohio Ceramic Center Crooksville, OH
George Ohr Museum Biloxi, MS
Zanesville Art Center Zanesville, OH


More Sites Worth Knowing About

AAPA Resources
The #1 Pottery site for pottery ID's, news of pottery reproductions, a professional journal, a buyer/seller Code of Ethics, events calendar & more!
Antiques Directory: GreatCollectible.com
Directory of websites featuring antiques & collectibles. Visit Ceramics & Pottery.
Collecting Fun Guess you would have to go there
Collecting Site Everything to help collectors communicate
English Museum & Pottery Links Info. on dozens (maybe 100s) of British makers
Find a Quotation Index of quotation search engines--in one site!
Great Search Engine! My favorite! Just GOOGLE it.
Information on Museums in General Very useful site for art lovers
Only Clay - Pottery Classified Ads
Have a piece or two for sale? Here's one possibility!
Tile Heritage Foundation Informative site, run by non-profit organization
Used and Out-of-Print Books for Sale Ssh! This is a secret!
Yellow Pages that Work Most of the time... and w/o taking forever to load
Zanesville, Ohio Home page of the beloved pottery town

 

© 2005 Mark Bassett
Updated 02/18/05