description Rowe Pottery Works Overview
Rowe Pottery Works was an American pottery company founded in Cambridge, Wisconsin, in 1975. It became known for salt-glazed stoneware decorated with cobalt-blue folk-art motifs, drawing on forms and techniques associated with eighteenth-century American pottery. The company's production included functional and decorative household ceramics made in this traditional style. Rowe Pottery Works closed in 2011, ending a business identified with Wisconsin studio pottery and American reproduction stoneware.
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When was Rowe Pottery Works founded?
Rowe Pottery Works was founded in 1975 in Cambridge, Wisconsin. It became known for reproducing American salt-glazed stoneware forms.
What makes Rowe Pottery Works pottery distinctive?
Many pieces use salt-glazed stoneware decorated with cobalt-blue folk-art motifs. The designs draw on forms and techniques associated with eighteenth-century American pottery.
What does salt-glazed mean on Rowe Pottery?
Salt glazing is a firing process in which salt is introduced into the kiln, creating a glassy surface on the clay. Rowe pieces are especially recognized for this stoneware finish and blue decoration.
How can I identify a piece of Rowe Pottery Works?
Look for the maker's mark, the salt-glazed stoneware body, and cobalt-blue folk-art decoration. The Cambridge, Wisconsin origin and forms inspired by eighteenth-century American pottery are useful clues, but a mark or provenance gives stronger evidence.
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