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Rookwood Pottery

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Rookwood Pottery vase
Rookwood Pottery vase Vase painted in coloured slips under glaze, produced by Rookwood Pottery, Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1900; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Rookwood Pottery was an American company established in 1880 by Maria Longworth Storer in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company's wares were influenced by Japanese aesthetics and known for their distinctive red and yellowish-brown glazes. Rookwood Pottery is considered a significant contributor to the art pottery movement in the United States, with its focus on artistic design and craftsmanship. The company's establishment marked a growing appreciation for good pottery design in the U.S., which was further supported by government sponsorship of pottery making as an art form.12

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