Product Overview
A comprehensive word and picture history of Pennsylvania's stoneware potters and potteries. Two hundred color photos of rare pieces, maps, advertisements, letters, and period photographs spread throughout the book. An interview with 19th century folk potter, Larry Rumble is included along with numerous sidebars that add interest and emphasis. This book, which took 15 years to research, documents 300 large and small stoneware operations which flourished in 43 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties during a 50-year span (1840-1890)
