Art Deco DICKOTA Pottery SUNDOGS Ashtray North Dakota

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Art Deco era Dickota Pottery Sundogs Ashtray. Sundogs was design depicting the rising sun over the North Dakota Badlands. Approx. 4" wide. Excellent condition. No chips or cracks. Crazing can be seen on close inspection. Some imperfections on the foot-these look original. The following information was taken from the North Dakota Pottery Collectors Website. Dickinson Clay Products Company was organized December 18, 1934, taking over the Dickinson Fire & Press Brick Co., which was founded in 1902. The company plant was located by the Heart River in the southwest part of the city in the vicinity of the present day water treatment plant. The production of the Art pottery was started to keep the plant open on a yearly basis due to the fact that brick and tile were not produced during the winter months. The Art pottery was a division of the Dickinson Clay Products Company. The trade name of the pottery was "Dickota" (the first four letters of the city and the last four letters of the state). The Dickota pottery clay was taken from a butte near Baghdad about one mile southwest of the clay plant.Charles Grantier, a graduate of the University of North Dakota, joined the Pottery Company in 1935 as a designer. Advertising ashtrays were especially popular and Grantier was active in their design. Grantier also created a motif called "Sundogs" read more

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