Jim,
Thanks for the information I will check with the Beaver Falls Historical
Society.
Bill
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MURPHY
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:13 PM
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Subject: Re: Undientified pottery mark from Beaver Falls
Bill,
Both Jervis and Ries and Leighton indicate that the Mayer Brothers purchased
a pottery operated by the Economy Society. Whisker gives dates of 1878-1881
for the Economy Society Pottery, based on tax records, but I wouldn't be
surprised if it operated earlier. I would contact the Beaver Falls
Historical Society to see if they have examples of Economite pottery.
Jim Murphy
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Liebeknecht <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 11, 2008 1:02 pm
Subject: Re: Undientified pottery mark from Beaver Falls
> I was recently contacted by a person who has an interesting double-
> handled,double-lipped pitcher marked "PAT. APPLIED FOR JUNE 7,
> 1872 STONE CHINA
> MANUFACTURED AT BEAVER FALLS, PA". It looks to me like they put
> two handles
> on this piece to accommodate the two poring lips, possibly
> intended to be a
> presentation piece. It is also likely that it did not receive a
> patentsince it is not a common form or at least one I am not
> familiar with at this
> time. The only potters I know around that time in Beaver Falls,
> PA are the
> Mayer brothers Arthur, Ernest and Joseph but they did not start
> until a
> short time later (1881 according to Lehner). Joseph Mayer
> emigrated to the
> United States from England in 1865 and within a few years had secured
> several valuable patents relating to jiggering machinery,
> equipment that
> made use of revolving molds to form pottery vessel shapes.
> Perhaps this
> represents one of the forms he attempted to patent. Is there a
> way to
> search denied patents?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> I can email photos off-line if requested
>
> Bill Liebeknecht, MA
> Hunter Research, Inc.
> Trenton, New Jersey
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