April 25, 2024
Mark with Rookwood Pottery Shape No. 664; vase. | #340065
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- Description: Rookwood Pottery Shape No. 664; vase.
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Shape No.664 was manufactured by the Rookwood Pottery Company between 1880 and 1907. We can see it here on a vase. In 1880, Cincinnatian Maria Longworth Nichols established Rookwood, a pottery named after her father’s estate. She was inspired by American, French, and Japanese pottery she saw the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. By the early 1930s, the company was experiencing financial difficulties. Rookwood filed for bankruptcy protection in 1941. In 1982, Arthur Townley, a Rookwood collector, bought the company to prevent its assets from being shipped overseas. He mothballed the company. In 2004, Townley sold the company to an investor group with a passion for Rookwood pottery. In 2011, Martin and Marilyn Wade assumed control of Rookwood Pottery. The pottery is now located at 1920 Race Street in Cincinnati.
