Ceramic Museum East Liverpool Ohio

The museum of ceramics founded in 1980 preserves the rich pottery history of the east liverpool area.

Ceramic museum east liverpool ohio.

Once east liverpool had many factories that made the dishes for all the railroads all the fiesta ware and so many more lines both. In 1840 james bennett established the small town s first commercial pottery. 1924 agner foutts and co. Click thumbnail to enlarge.

The lower level of the museum depicts production with life size dioramas of a jigger shop kiln decorating shop and salesroom. By the turn of the century the pottery industry had grown to the extent that it was producing 50 per cent of america s ceramics. Displays of ware by individual potteries make up the remainder of the exhibit area. 1863 1883 agner and gaston 1883 1884 alcock.

For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable javascript. F11 to view website full screen. We will look at classic pottery created in east liverpool from the 1850 s to today. Post office that now houses the museum is listed on the national register of historic places.

East liverpool was a town totally devoted to the production of pottery. There is also a display of rare personalized shaving mugs. East liverpool pottery district manufacturers distributors and decorators the following alphabetical list of firms provides insight into the extent of the pottery industry throughout east liverpool s history. 1945 1970 adamant porcelain co.

The museum of ceramics is a collection of so much of ohio s history. The east liverpool museum of ceramics displays a vast collection of ceramics from east liverpool oh and the surrounding region along the ohio river. Come with us as we take you on a guided tour with director of the museum of ceramics sara vodrey. Here are the instructions how to enable javascript in your web browser.