Potteries Across Texas

Potteries Across Texas
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Pottery Name	Dates in Operation	Founder /Owner	Location	Misc.
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Alamo Pottery	1944-1951		San Antonio, TX & Hondo	Bought in 1951 by Universal Rundle Corp. Produced Art Pottery and Bathroom fixtures
Allen Pottery	1850's	James W. Allen	McDade, TX area Lee County	Green alkaline glaze
*ATHENS TILE AND POTTERY COMPANY (Athens Pottery)**	1885-1982	McKendree Miller - M.K. Miller Jr.	Athens	by 1961 manf. and sold 10 million flower pots per year
Athens Pottery	1914-1920		Dallas	Located on Davis Street in the Oak Cliff Section of Dallas. Destroyed by fire 1920
Athens Pottery	1914-1927		Fort Worth	Athens produced utilitarian pottery, Bathroom acc.,& Flower pots
Athens Pottery	1900-1927		San Antonio	at its peak Athens owned 7 potteries throughout Texas
Athens Pottery	1895		Mexia
B
Byrd Pottery	See Tyler Pottery Co.
C
Collins Pottery	1880-1890		Texarkana
Cornesville Pottery als known as Schlender Pottery	1885-1906 !906-	? / George M. Hodges purchased it in 1906 and later moved to Winnsboro	Cornersville
John Cranston Pottery	1916-1930	John Cranston	Winnsboro	Located on Pine & Walnut street
D
Dallas Pottery	1922-1924 ?		Dallas	Lovefield area One story has it that a fire destroyed it after a few years and it was never rebuilt
Fletcher Davis Pottery	1900-1902		Malicoff
Denby Pottery	1908	Mr. Denby	Denton
Dunkin Pottery* (Outside Web Site)	1854-1855	Mathew & George Dunkin, & John W. Chandler	Bastrop Co.	Sold/evolved into the Randolph Pottery
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Franklin China	late 1970's early 1980's thru early1990's	Hall China Company	Vernon	Specialized in the production of slip-cast chinaware and whiskey bottles. Sold to Mid-States Tile and Electrical Refractories and they change the name to E.R. Advanced Ceramics
G
Gilmer Pottery	1951-1977 1977-1989 Owned by Hall China 1989-Present owned by The Pacific Tile Co		Gilmer	Manf. Bathroom acc. & Art Pottery Still in production but bought by Hall China in 1977
Grubb Pottery	1955-1982	Jessie Grubb	Marshall
H
Hogue Pottery	1900-1935	Jim Hogue and later son Howard	Mt. Pleasant	moved from Windfield
Hunt	1890-1931	J.F. and son Debs Hunt	Henderson	made churns, jugs and jars
I
Ideal Pottery	See Ralph Wilber Pottery
K
Kirbee Pottery	1848-1860		Montgomery County
L
J.C. Lambert	1860	Denton
Leebright Pottery	1895-1900	Hyman & Isadore Leebright	Tyler	alot of Albany Glaze pieces and Bristole has a bluish tint
Leopard	1850-1870	John and son Herbert Leopard	Henderson
Littles Pottery	1905-1915		La Vernia-San Antonio area
LoveField Pottery	1923-1948		Dallas	Utilitarian Pottery
M
McDade Pottery (Inside this web) McDade Pottery (Handbook of Texas) * McDade Pottery WebSite (Outside of this site)	1890-1940's	Robert A. Williams	McDade	Utilitarian Pottery and Flower pots
Marlin Pottery	1893-1900 ?(at least)	Baker	Marlin
Marshall Pottery *	1895-Present	Ellis Family	Marshall	Largest Flower pot Manf. in the world. Give tours an great museum at plant

Meyer	1887-1960's	Franz Schultz and his son-in-law, William Meyer	Atascosa, Bexar County	known for using Leon slip glaze and making hand painted touristware
Miller Pottery	1882-?			flower pots
A. Moss	1908	A. Moss	Denton
J.F. & W. Myers	1900-1910	J.F. & W. Myers	Stromberg
O
Odom Pottery	1880-1900		Little Mound Community in Upshur county	Purchased by Walter C. Holman & moved to Rhonsboro
Oletha Pottery *	1859-1915?	Alberry Johnson sold 1869 to William Knox sold to John Fowler in 1872	Oleth,/Wooten Well Limestone Co.	Noted for 2 handled jugs
P
T.D. Pike	1893		Wise County
Prothro	1857-1870?	Levi Cogburn & James Prothro	Henderson
R
*Randolph Factory (Handbook of Texas) Randolph Factory*** (Outside Web Site)	1881- no later than 1890	Matthew Dunkin Sold to Milton Stoker who moved it to McDade	East of Bishop	Stoker sells it to Robert L. Williams in 1890 and it becomes McDade Pottery
Rhonosboro Pottery	1900-1935	Cranston & Donalson	Rhonesboro	Purchased by A.S. & J.J Byrd later to open Tyler Pottery Co.
Roark Pottery	1880		Denton	impressed mark Roark
Rushton Pottery	1869-1900	Joseph Rushton & son Jim Hayden Rushton.	Henderson	Signed JR & JH respectfully
Russel Pottery	1900-1909	Russel & M.B. Griffith	Henderson
S
Saenger Clay Works			Elmendorf
Singer Pottery	1880-1910	Earnest Richter	Elmendorf
Shaben Brothers	1847-?	Shaben and 2 brothers	Houston area
Southern Pottery	1926-1950 ?	George L. McLendon & others	Dallas
Star Pottery	1895-1955	ER and son Jessie Grubb	Marshall	early years operated in Cornersville and later moved to Marshall
Suttles Lavernia Pottery Company	1877-1912	G.W. Suttles	La Vernia
T
Tanner	1842-?	Tanner	Marshall
Tyler Pottery Company	1930-1960	J.J. and sons L.D. & R.A. Byrd	Tyler	Also known as Byrd Pottery. Known for Blue Bonnet design spoungeware
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Ralph Wilbur Pottery	1920-1930	purchased by Mitchell Family and became Ideal Pottery	Dallas-Oak Cliff Section	multi colored pottery
Wilson Pottery Wison Pottery *	1857-1903	John MacKamie Wilson	near Seguine, Guadalupe County
Wilson Pottery (McKamey sells interest & pottery Split into two shops) *	1869-1887	M. J. Durham, with John Chandler and Isaac Suttles	Capote, Guadalupe County
H. Wilson & Co. *	1869-1887	former slaves, Hiram, James, and Andrew Wilson	Capote, Guadalupe County
Windfield Texas Pottery	1868-1900 (1905?)	Jim & son Howard Hogue	Windfield	Moved to Mt. Pleasant in 1900 known as Hogue Pottery
Winnsboro Pottery	1906-1935	Hodge-Jim Lane-Ed Grubb- Clarence & Lawrence Turner	Winnsboro	Moved from Cornersville in 1906

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