The names behind the work.
A growing, source-cited guide to American art pottery, listed artists, signatures, marks, glazes, and forms. These pages are for learning first; links to pieces in the store appear only when relevant inventory is available.
Maker histories and marks
Rookwood Pottery
Company history, date marks, and important decorators—including Kataro Shirayamadani—together in one guide.
Open the Rookwood guide →Van Briggle Pottery
Artus and Anne Van Briggle, sculptural Art Nouveau forms, and a glaze-by-glaze chronology.
Explore the glazes →Roseville Pottery
Company history plus an extensive pattern and introduction-date reference.
Explore Roseville patterns →Weller Pottery
A chronological guide to major lines from Lonhuda and Louwelsa through Weller’s late embossed wares.
Explore Weller lines →Saturday Evening Girls
A deeper guide to Paul Revere Pottery, its decorators, painted marks, collector clues, and the women behind the work.
Open the focused guide →McCoy Pottery
A practical starting point for marks, common forms, and the difference between McCoy family companies.
Open the McCoy guide →Haeger Potteries
From Dundee clay works to Royal Haeger, with Royal Hickman and collector identification notes.
Open the Haeger guide →Robinson Ransbottom
Stoneware, garden ware, crocks, jars, and the blue-crown marks collectors encounter most often.
Open the RRPCo guide →Artist biographies and signatures
Mary Cassatt
Biography, a documented signature example, and a museum-held work.
See the artist profile →George Inness
Landscape, tonal atmosphere, signature notes, and an important work.
See the artist profile →More listed artists next
We’ll keep adding researched biographies in small, useful groups rather than publishing thin entries.
First two profiles are live