Jim, Bob, Carol, James, Hank,
Thanks so much I knew I could count on the list to come up with some good
information.
Bill Liebeknecht
-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of JAMES
MURPHY
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:32 PM
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Subject: Re: Undientified pottery mark from Beaver Falls
The 1880 census lists 20 potters in Beaver Falls, Pa. Among these was Isaac
A. Harvey, whom Whisker lists as a potter in East Liverpool, 1850-54 (where
he was a partner in what became K,T,& K), and in Beaver FRalls, 1868-1880.
He cites the 1870 U.S. Census of Industry as listing Harvey & son, capital
investment of $10,000, making queens' ware and fruit jars worth $8000. They
may have tried switching to whiteware.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hank D. Lutton" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 11, 2008 5:55 pm
Subject: Re: Undientified pottery mark from Beaver Falls
> 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
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
>
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