Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1986.014.009.a/b |
Object Name |
Teapot |
Description |
This is a teapot with a matching lid in the Blue Ridge Pottery "Nove Rose" pattern. The teapot is white with a hand-painted floral pattern consisting of white and pink flowers attached to thin green stems with large dark and light green leaves. There are smaller blue and pink blossom patterns seen throughout the design. Wispy pink, orange, green and blue stripes decorate the spout, handle, and the area below the placed lid. The lid contains the same patterning. There is text on the bottom of the teapot that reads: "Blue Ridge China / Hand Painted Underglaze / Southern Potteries Inc. / Made in U.S.A." Southern Potteries, the producer of Blue Ridge Pottery, began in Erwin, Tennessee around 1916-17. The earliest products of the company were referred to as "Clinchfield ware" under the maker's name of "Clinchfield Potteries," because of the presence and contributions of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad (CC&O) in Erwin. The plant's name changed from "Clinchfield Potteries" to "Southern Potteries, Inc." in 1920. The process of hand-painting the produced dinnerware with distinct designs started around 1938 and came to be known as "Blue Ridge Pottery." Southern Potteries was the largest producer of hand-painted pottery in America in the following decade. They remained in operation for a total of roughly forty years, officially closing in 1957. |
Date |
c. 1930 |
Collection |
Blue Ridge Pottery Collection |
Place of Origin |
USA/Tennessee/Erwin |
Material |
high-fired stoneware, paint, glaze |
Subjects |
tools and technology American Art |
Made |
Southern Potteries, Inc. (SPI) |
Search Terms |
Appalachian Art Tennessee History |