- Gorgeous Antique East Palestine Pottery Company Pitcher
- Two chips, no cracks, this pitcher is in Good Condition for being underwater all of these decades! We found this antique pitcher fully intact (just missing the handle) while cleaning the Menominee River in Niagara, Wisconsin. This piece has extensive crackle glaze & is definitely a conversation starter! This piece also has a unique story behind it!
- SOLD: AS IS
- Bottom says: Semi Porcelain E.P.P. Co.
- The "E.P.R. Co." mark on this semi-porcelain vessel is a common historical misreading for "The E.P.P. Co.," which stands for the East Palestine Pottery Company. Originally founded as the Feustal and Nowling Pottery Company between 1879 and 1880, the business was renamed the East Palestine Pottery Company in 1884 in East Palestine, Ohio. Following a period of financial distress, a group of potters bought the plant and hired George E. Sebring in 1893 to manage and successfully turn the business around before he left to start the nearby Ohio China Company. In 1904, William Shaw George bought a controlling stake in the company, added the Continental China Company facility, and officially renamed the entire business the W. S. George Pottery Company in 1909. The original facility (Plant #1) was destroyed by a massive fire on May 12, 1912, which left hundreds of locals out of work, though it was eventually rebuilt a decade later as Plant #4. The company ultimately went bankrupt in 1955, and the Royal China Company took over its remaining assets until operations fully ceased around 1960. Because W.S. George placed his own company stamp on all newly made dishware after 1904, items featuring the solo "E.P.P. Co." (or misread "E.P.R. Co.") laurel wreath backstamp were made within a tight window between 1890 and 1904. This pitcher is crafted from semi-porcelain—a tough, white, semi-vitreous earthenware also known as ironstone—which was engineered during this era to mimic the appearance of fine porcelain at a more affordable price point
- 6 1/4” Tall 4” Wide
-We cleaned this bottle out of Wisconsin waterway!
-Ed the Diver & Christie B. Stickers & signed picture postcard included with order!
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