The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-10-05
ROokWOod = Pottery !
Cincinnati, u. S. A.

The lockwood Pottery was eSta DliSh2,.
at Cincinnati in 1890 by klrs. Maria
Longworth StIrer, whose father, Joseph
Longworh, was the founder of the Art
School and chief patron of the Art
Museum in the same city. The artistic
impulse which inspired the venture came
from the ceramic display Of Japen at
tne Centennial Exhibition of 1915, and
the production gtill hears the impress of
that influence. For time a school for
no'tery painting formed part of the
scheme, and from the beginning the
commercial side of the enterprise has
been subordina 20 the artistic.
The ware is a true faience, made OF
clays from neighboring deposits in the
Ohio Valley, while the decorators, with
the exception of one native japanese,
and including the founder herself, are
graduates from the local Art School.
she artists are encouraged to give 10
each piece au individual character, and
as no printing process is in use duplica.
tionS are seldom even attempted. After
an early initiative period these condi.
lions, aided by the native inventive
faculty and the ample capital at com.
mand, have developed an American pot
terry which possesses marked originality.
The coloring in both grounds and
decorations is entirely underglaze, and
the production divides itself into thee
classes: "Cameo" or shell tinted ware,
used for the table; Dull Finiss," whose
surface, while soft in texture and easily
cleaned, has the appearance Of being I'M
glazed; and lastly, the most distinctive
Cas3 of richly glazed ornamental work.
The Distinguishing mark of Lockwood
faience in all these classes is the decora.
tive quality of the color ground. Their
harmonious blending is carefully stu.
died with reference 10 the decoration,
and TO fine examples, especially of the
darker toned glazcs, their soilness, depth
aud lu:trc impalt . rare beauty.
NOTICES.
AT the Pottery and Porcelain Exhibi.
tion OF tho Pennsylvania Museum, he'd
at Memorial Hall. Philadelphia, Nov.
ember, 1898, the Lockwood Pottery was
awarded The First Prize for pottery
Modelled ard Decorated" and the First
Prize for Painting Underglsze," ard
was the only ware in competition whose
Qualities Of Form were Specially Com.
mendcd by the Judges Me3srs. Joseph
T, Bailey, w. P. P. Longtellow, Henry
Steele.
Outside Of Japan and China we DO
not know where any ColorS and glGzes
are to he found finer than those which
come from tic Redwood Pottery. The
ycllows, greens, reds and browns are
clear, bright and strong and of great
depth and richness in the tones, free
alike from that crudity which offends in
almost all our home,products in this
field, and from chat morbid air of green
and.yellow melancholy which the Eng
IunilrlIg a I, IN IA ll la f,cI
ionablc. In shapes, indeed, novelty,
unless obta9cd At the complete sacrifice
| OF beauty and reason. is no longer pos.
sible, and the Redwood Pottery shows
| good taste In adheTing to the principles
which are the foundation of the system
us forms called classical, but its man.
ayers are well aware that these princi.
| pies, having their seeds in nature, are
capable of infinite development on nor.
nal liDes, and the result of their study
is shown in the harmony, beauty and
variety Of The forms which they give 10
the clay / Clarence Cook, in The
Studio"
The pieces produced at the Rocky ocd
| Pottery rank among the beet They
have attracted the attention of cOnnUis.
eeurs abroad. and the peculiar glaze
known rs tiger eye" may be rcck0ned
as cHlT a. TcHVrc or eefamlC art Des.
| piie The great losses incurred in the first
few years of its existence il has never
waVer,d from its first Object, thyt Of
producing pottery which should be a
credit to the county PIof. 4. s.
Morse, author Japanese HOm"s."
The art of Cincinnati has good deal
the mir of being Indigenous, and the
outcome in the arts Of carving and dc.
sign ard In music has exhibited native
Vigor. The city has made itself re.
| putatiOn for wond carving and for deco
rative pottery. The lockwood Pottery,
! the private enterprise Of Mrs. BcllRmy
Storer, is The only pottery in this c0un.
| try in which the instinct of beauty Ia
| paramount to the desire OF profit. Here
for series OF years experiments have
been going on with clays asd glazing,
in regard to form and color and in
decoration purely for effect which have
resulted in pieces of marvellous interest
| and beauty. he effort has always been
To satisfy refined sense rather than to
cater TO vicious taste, or one for start
ling effects already formed. / mean
that the effort has not been TO suit The
taste of the market, but 10 raise that
taste. The result ia some Of the most
exquisite work In texture aud color any.
where to be found, and | WAS glad 10
learn that 1t Is gaining an appreciation
which will not In this case leave virtue
TO be its own rew6rd,--l Charles Dudley
Warner in "Harper's magauize."