Best Art Pottery

Rookwood Pottery originated in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880 as a pioneering ceramics studio. The company gained recognition for its unique drip glaze technique and contributions to the American Arts and Crafts movement. Rookwood’s decorative pieces are valued by collectors and enthusiasts interested in...

Newcomb Pottery was an American art pottery enterprise operating in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1895 to 1940. It was founded at H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, which is now part of Tulane University. The pottery is a notable example of the American Arts and Crafts movement, distinguished by its...

The Grueby Faience Company was an American ceramics manufacturer founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1894. The firm became highly influential within the Arts and Crafts movement for its handcrafted pottery featuring distinctive matte green glazes and deeply carved botanical motifs. In addition to a...

Martin Brothers Pottery was a London studio pottery active from 1873 to 1923, founded by Robert Wallace Martin and his brothers, renowned for grotesque salt-glazed stoneware including the iconic Wally Bird tobacco jars.

Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian is a Lancashire art pottery established in Clifton Junction in 1892, celebrated for its iridescent lustre glazes developed by chemist Abraham Lomax and awarded a Royal Warrant in 1913.

Founded in Detroit during the 1903 Arts and Crafts movement, Pewabic Pottery is notable for its iridescent glazes and architectural ceramic installations nationwide.

Established in 1898 in Smethwick by William Howson Taylor, Ruskin Pottery is highly regarded for its distinctive high-fired glazes, including flambé and sang-de-boeuf finishes.

Roseville Pottery was a prominent American art ceramics manufacturer in Ohio, operating from 1890 to 1954, highly regarded for its Arts and Crafts and Art Deco floral line designs.

Moorcroft Pottery is a Staffordshire studio pottery founded by William Moorcroft in Burslem in 1913, celebrated for its hand-tubed, slip-trailed floral designs under distinctive flambe and matt glazes.

Organized in Boston around 1908, the Paul Revere Pottery employed immigrant young women known as the Saturday Evening Girls to produce hand-painted ceramic bowls.

Fulper Pottery, originally a New Jersey stoneware company established in 1805, introduced its renowned line of distinctive Arts and Crafts Fulper Art vases in the early 1900s.

Teco Pottery, produced by the American Terra Cotta Company in Illinois starting in 1899, is renowned for its distinctive matte green glaze and Prairie School architectural forms.

Weller Pottery, founded by Samuel Weller in 1872 in Ohio, was a major American art pottery manufacturer, recognized for its mass-produced artware lines like Hudson and Louwelsa.

Poole Pottery is a British ceramics manufacturer founded in Poole, Dorset in 1873, recognised for its hand-painted studio pottery, distinctive 1950s–1970s abstract patterns, and strong tradition of craft production.

Founded in 1894 in Birkenhead by Harold Rathbone, Della Robbia Pottery produced distinct Arts and Crafts style tin-glazed earthenware inspired by Italian Renaissance ceramics.

The Cowan Pottery Studio, operating in Lakewood and Rocky River, Ohio, from 1912 to 1931, was a prominent American ceramics firm noted for its sleek, modernist Art Deco tableware.

Niloak Pottery, founded in Benton, Arkansas, in 1909, is famous for its Mission Swirl artware, which featured intricately swirled, unglazed, multi-colored local clays.

Founded in Sweden in 1886, Upsala-Ekeby was a prominent ceramics manufacturer recognized for producing durable architectural bricks and influential mid-century modern art pottery.

Founded by Edmund Elton in 1881 in Clevedon, England, Elton Ware was produced at the Sunflower Pottery and is notable for its distinctive cuerda seca art pottery.

Bretby Art Pottery was a Derbyshire manufacturer founded in 1883 by Henry Tooth and William Ault, noted for its innovative metallic and cloisonné-effect glazes popular during the late Victorian Art Pottery movement.

Hull Pottery, founded in Crooksville, Ohio, in 1905, is highly regarded by collectors for its art pottery and figural planters featuring distinctive pastel and floral matte glazes.

Peters and Reed Pottery, established in 1899 in Zanesville, Ohio, is recognized for its heavily potted artware featuring distinctive, textured landscape and mottled glaze finishes.