Why Collect Love Field Pottery?

            There are many reasons people collect and their reasons for collecting are as diverse as the items themselves.  The question I will attempt to answer is why someone would or should want to collect examples of Love Field Potteries. For those of who who do not like a good story I have included a cleft notes version at the bottom of the page.

        My own collecting of Love Field developed out of frustration. While probably not the best reason for starting a collection it was a large influence in my decision to collect Love Field. I had decided I was going to collect Texas pottery. I had  it pictured in my  mind; a marvelous collection of early 19th century Texas manufactured salt, ash, and alkaline glazed crock, churns and jugs filling every nock and cranny of my Office Library. What a wonderful image. Visions of Hunts, Leopards and Denton Counties crocks danced through my head. I knew what I wanted now, to go and acquire it. 

    This is where the trouble began. Finding these wonderful pieces is no easy feat. I was sure to find these wonderful pieces  in every antique store I graced the door of. As the days turned to weeks and the weeks to months not a single Texas piece had made its way to the pristinely dusted and polished shelves of my new office. What I did find along the way was a lot of "brown jugs" , no name East Coast crocks and several costly lessons. I would call Glenn Hendrix up (a friend of mine, he might not like to admit to this, but its true) who has a fantastic collection of early Texas pottery and tell him about a wonderful find. I would then email him some pictures and when he would come by all I heard was"....this is why it isnt a Texas piece." After one such episode, like this while reflecting over a cold Diet Coke, I realized I had not brought a single piece of Texas home. Upon further reflection I realized I had seen lots, by pottery collectors standards, of  by God Texas pieces during my searches. They might not be salt, ash or even alkaline glazed but I could tell they were from Texas and no one could tell me they were not. Dallas Texas was stamped right on them in large cobalt blue letters. Of course I am referring to all the Love Field pieces I had seen.

        Here was the answer to all my dreams an item that was easy to identify, could be found with out a private appointment, and did not cost the same as the last down payment I made when purchasing my truck. So I decided while I was studying  the finer aspects of early Texas pottery I would start picking up a few pieces of Love Field. and as they say "one thing lead to another" and here we are. 

To be continued.....

Why Collect Love Field?

1) Easy to Identify.

2) Reasonably priced.

3) Can actually find enough to have a representative collection in several years.

4) Provides positive re-enforcement at the end of most antique hunting trips.

5) No special contacts needed.

6) "The aint makin' anymore of it"....sorry is my redneck showing?

7) It is Texan