Museum Of Ceramics East Liverpool Ohio

Displays of ware by individual potteries make up the remainder of the exhibit area.

Museum of ceramics east liverpool ohio. The museum of ceramics houses an extensive collection of the wares produced in east liverpool ohio and the 1909 u s. The city reached its peak population of more than 26 000 in 1970 but east liverpool s pottery industry had already begun its decline by the mid 1960s or so. 1945 acme craftware inc. There is also a display of rare personalized shaving mugs.

In the 19th and 20th centuries east liverpool was known as the pottery capital of the world. As of 1914 east liverpool was served by the cleveland and pittsburgh railroad. The museum of ceramics housed in the former east liverpool post office is a ceramics museum that contains an extensive collection of ceramic wares produced in and around east liverpool ohio united states the museum is operated by a museum of ceramics foundation and by the ohio historical society in a city long known as america s crockery city and the pottery capital of the nation. Come with us as we take you on a guided tour with director of the museum of ceramics sara vodrey.

The museum of ceramics in downtown east liverpool has the world s largest public display of lotus ware. Post office that now houses the museum is listed on the national register of historic places. Once east liverpool had many factories that made the dishes for all the railroads all the fiesta ware and so many more lines both. 1863 1883 agner and gaston 1883 1884 alcock.

1924 agner foutts and co. East liverpool was a town totally devoted to the production of pottery. In 2008 the museum of ceramics lost almost all of its funding from the ohio historical society. 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.

Here are the instructions how to enable javascript in your web browser. The museum of ceramics opened in the spring of 1980. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable javascript. We will look at classic pottery created in east liverpool from the 1850 s to today.

The museum of ceramics contains thousands of examples of pottery created in and around east liverpool oh.