| Southeast Ohio was once the home of many
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| | fresh cit flowers adorning the bookshelf.
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| famous pottery makers. Even today, names
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| | Many of the pottery bookends produced
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| like Hull, McCoy and Robinson Ransbottom
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| | during the early to mid twentieth century
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| still echo through the Muskingum River
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| | closely followed the arts and craft
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| Valley. Pottery bookends are among some
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| | movement and eventually the art deco
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| of the most collectible pieces from these
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| | form. McCoy pottery was also well known
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| well known pottery makers.
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| | for producing many different themes that
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| The area around the Muskingum River
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| | included various plant and leaf patterns.
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| Valley provided the perfect combination
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| | In addition to bookends and such, popular
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| of natural resources that included a
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| | forms of McCoy and Hull included distinct
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| ready source of fine grade clay. Often
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| | fluted vases and deep color glazing
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| found along the seams of coal that dotted
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| | patterns.
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| the subterranean landscape, the clay gave
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| | The lovely McCoy White Horse bookends
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| birth to over fifty pottery
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| | were first produced during the nineteen
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| manufacturers. The abundance of coal
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| | forties. Porcelain white in shade, the
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| provided a great source of energy to fuel
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| | figures depict two draft horses rearing
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| the kilns that were needed to fire the
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| | up on their back legs. The colorful
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| clay.
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| | birddog bookends, also from McCoy,
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| The fine quality of the clay found in and
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| | feature beautifully detailed depictions
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| around towns like Zanesville, Crooksville
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| | of hunting dogs having just retrieved
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| and Roseville produced porcelain like
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| | some game birds.
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| quality. A combination of artistry and
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| | The Roseville bush berry pattern is a
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| quality has made pottery from this area
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| | very collectible bookend that, if found
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| some of the most collectable in the
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| | in perfect condition, can fetch hundreds
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| country if not the world. Pottery
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| | of dollars. The Roseville Zephyr Lily
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| bookends from southeast Ohio stand as a
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| | bookend is a beautifully unique pattern
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| testament to the century of fine pottery
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| | and is highly prized among some
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| making that continues today. Annual
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| | collectors. This distinctive pattern
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| events are held to celebrate and
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| | features a yellow lily, shown on full
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| commemorate the rich traditional of
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| | bloom, placed in the middle of an open
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| pottery making, drawing thousands of
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| | book. The Roseville magnolia blue is
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| collectors and pottery enthusiasts.
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| | another highly prized and collectible set
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| Some pieces were created strictly for the
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| | of pottery bookends. Set in a simple
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| sake of art while others, like bookends,
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| | green L shape, the flowering magnolia is
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| had a functional purpose as well. In the
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| | placed in the center with a subtle accent
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| early days of pottery making, form most
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| | of sunburst surrounding the flower.
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| definitely followed function. From bowls,
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| | Most of the kilns that produced some of
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| pitchers and other useful pieces, scarce
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| | the worlds most recognizable pottery are
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| resources were not ordinarily expended on
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| | cold, or have disappeared forever. The
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| purely decorative pieces. This was
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| | dozens of pottery and stoneware producers
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| especially true in ancient times. This is
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| | that once dotted the landscape of
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| not to say that a flower vase or ewer
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| | southeast Ohio have dwindled to a
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| could not be useful and decorative at the
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| | handful.
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| same time. During the heyday of pottery
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| | The internet has provided collectors from
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| making in Ohio, decorative and
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| | all over the world with the opportunity
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| commemorative pottery pieces gained in
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| | to gain an appreciation for these pieces
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| popularity.
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| | of Americana. As with any collectible
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| Companies like McCoy and Hull are famous
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| | pottery bookend, the buyer must always be
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| for vases and planters that doubled as
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| | wary of fakes and knockoffs.
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| bookends. How beautiful it was to have
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