The Wisconsin Pottery Association will conduct its 13th annual Pottery Show and Sale this Saturday August 23, 2008 from 9:00AM until 4:00PM at the Exhibit Hall at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
The show is a great time and is always filled with active pottery collectors and dealers. One of the nice things about this show is that there is something for every level of collector. Entry level or budgetary conscious collectors can find moderated priced examples of pottery such as Haegar, McCoy, Red Wing, Roseville and many others. More advanced pottery collectors will be able to find higher end Rookwood, Roseville, Weller, Grueby, Teco, Newcomb, Fulper, Van Briggle, Norse, Marblehead and much more. The show also always includes a nice selection of contemporary pottery from makers such as Common Ground, Door and Ephraim Pottery.
Buyers can expect to browse pottery and dinnerware from the 1880s to the present. Styles displayed and offered for sale will include Art Deco, Arts and Crafts, Mid-Century Modern and Art Nouveau.
In addition to the Pottery Show and Sale, the Association also puts on an annual exhibit. The 2008 exhibit is titled Pauline and the Pottery of Edgerton, Wisconsin. The exhibit will include a wide selection of pottery from the Edgerton area including Pauline Pottery, American Clay Works, Edgerton Pottery Company, Rock Pottery, Pickard China, Edgerton Art Clay Works and Norse Pottery.
Previous years exhibits have included topics such as:
- Fulper, Clifton & More The Art Pottery of New Jersey
- Art Deco and Modern Style Ceramics 1910-1940
- The Mission Style: How the Arts & Crafts Movement Influenced American Pottery 1900-1920
- The French Connection: Impressionism in French and American Pottery 1873-1900
- Roseville America’s Decorative Art Pottery
- Haeger: The Early And The Extraordinary
Other popular features of the show include What is it? Collectors can bring up to two mystery pots for potential identification and evaluation.
If you get a chance to attend the show, please stop by and and say hi to Lana and I. We will be bringing a nice selection of Roseville, Weller, Rookwood, a few pieces of Newcomb from a small collection, Van Briggle from a large estate collection and many other items. If there is something of interest in our inventory that you would like to see at the show drop us an email or give us a call.
Greg Myroth – Just Art Pottery
