Bill,

You may also want to consult with Sarah W. Vodrey, Historic Site 
Manager, at The Museum of Ceramics in East Liverpool, Ohio. While the 
Museum specializes in ceramics manufactured in East Liverpool, they 
also have collections and documentation for regional ceramics produced 
in West Virginia and Pennsylvannia, including some from Beaver and 
Beaver Falls, PA.

Best of luck,
Hank Lutton



Quoting Bill Liebeknecht <[log in to unmask]>:

> 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 patent
> since 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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