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"Roseville pottery is probably the American art pottery most sought by collectors. Understanding Roseville Pottery by Mark Bassett... is the latest well-researched and color-illustrated book about the factory. It presents much newly discovered information and is well worth having."
--Kovels Newsletter, May 2003
"Bassett's well-researched, well-written books have become the resource of choice for many new and veteran collectors."--Renee Kientz, Houston Chronicle, November 29, 2002
Did you know ... that Olympic reproduces the Neoclassical
drawings of an 18th-century English artist, John Flaxman? ... that Frank
Ferrell designed many Donatello shapes? ... that Harry Rhead designed
about half the Sylvan shapes? ... that Ben Seibel designed Lotus?
... that Eva Zeisel was nearly hired to design a Roseville line--but was
not able to do so because of the factory's closing in 1954? Just a few
chapters from the Roseville story... ones you won't find in the older books!
This fascinating new 300-pg. hardback book tells the
story of America's fastest-selling decorative art pottery--from its humble
beginnings in 1890 through the innovative Raymor products that inadvertently
caused the factory's failure in 1954.
Over 800 color photographs 70
black-and-white photographs
Color photographs of items not shown in factory records,
including later additions to lines like Carnelian (Glazes), Dahlrose,
Florentine, Imperial (Glazes), Jonquil, Sunflower, Tuscany, Windsor,
and Wisteria
Over 140 factory advertisements, booklets, factory views,
and catalog pages that are not available in any other book
Photographs of many unpublished factory
marks, reproductions, and lookalikes by other American potteries
Beautiful Roseville rarities appear in every chapter--from
Della Robbia, Olympic, and other Rozane Art Ware lines, to
Experimental and Trial Glaze pieces owned by the family of Roseville's glaze
chemist, George Krause.
New evidence further documents the lines Early Carnelian,
Early Velmoss, and Keynote.
Other products emphasized in this volume include Artcraft,
Cherry Blossom, Creamware, Decorated Artware, Dogwood, Donatello, Ferella,
Lamps, Late Capri, Matt Green, Majolica, Modern Art, Mostique, Panel, Pauleo,
Pine Cone Modern, Silhouette, Wincraft, and the recently attributed
line Cherub Cameo.
Among the personnel whose key roles at the factory are
explained in this book are Frank Ferrell, Frederic Grant, John Herold, George
Krause, Christen Nielsen, Frederick Hurten Rhead, Harry Rhead, Ben Seibel,
Donald Windisch, Anna Young, and George Young. Over 200 additional employees
are identified, including casters, clay processors, decorators, finishers,
foremen, kiln men, mold makers, office clerks, packers, and warehouse men.
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© 2002 Mark Bassett
Updated 10/28/02