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Zanesville Stoneware Company: Identification & Value Guide
by Jon Rans, Glenn Ralston, Nate Russell (Corporate Author: Zanesville Stoneware Company)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Collector Books (2002-02)
ISBN: 157432263X
EAN: 9781574322637
Dewey Decimal #: 738.30977191075
Hardcover: 271 pages
SKU: 080317010
Condition: Fine
Comments: 157432263X New, never read, no highlighting or page damage, we have a HUGE selection of NEW Collectors guide and ID books at great prices! May have slight surface damage on cover from being on a retail store shelf. New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Hundreds of color photos of productions pieces, garden ware, glaze types, and a detailed 200+ page catalog section. This book traces the roots of Zanesville pottery from the Ohio Encaustic Tile Co. through the E.G. Bowen Co., to the present. Readers will find utilitarian stoneware, artware vases, jardinieres and pedestal sets, and amazingly large hand-turned garden ware. AUTHORBIO: Jon Rans, native Hoosier, artist, musician, author, and conservator/restorer, has many published on various American art potteries and related subjects. He has worked as a professional photographer and enjoys collecting and researching little-known Arts and Crafts potteries. Ceramics restoration is his field of expertise and he is currently head of the Art Pottery Restoration Department of the New Orleans Conservation Guild. AUTHORBIO: Glenn Ralston began collecting Zanesville Stoneware in 1976 because of the pleasing color tones and the comfortable masculine heft. This led to him searching flea markets in the Northeast for "ancient" motion picture incidentals for the then-to-be American Museum of the Moving Image. AUTHORBIO: Nate Russell has a background in the fine arts, having studied sculpture, photography, and painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. He has worked professionally as art gallery curator, retail store and furniture showroom display artists, ornamental metalworker, and woodworker. He has been dealing in and collecting American vintage ceramics since 1990. REVIEW: This book features the beautiful, sometimes overlooked Zanesville pottery, which exhibits simple forms and harmonious glazes. Detailed background on the company is provided, hundreds of color photographs, and original company catalog pages.
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Customer Reviews
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"stoneage modern" heartland story, a chapter of history
Rating  (5)
Date: 2002-03-02
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am pleased to be associated with this Zanesville book. We are all indebted to Jon Rans that his hard work overcame some unforseen challenges. So, I trust Rans will follow up with a further encylopedic sequel to this real heartland story of history, people, commerce, art and industry during periods of massive cultural changes in America.
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Zanesville Stoneware coming of Age
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-02-18
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Great publication that reflects the brilliance of Jon Rans and his collaborators.
One of the best pottery chronologies ever written considering that most of the records of this company were lost in a couple of trajic fires. Some of the pictures could be of higher quality and the layouts of the pictures vs. discriptions is a little confusing.
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Much needed, could've been better.
Rating  (4)
Date: 2002-02-08
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
It was with pleasure that I received and read the first pass on the history of this long misunderstood pottery company. Although the author makes a good attempt to document the history he falls a bit short. Many followers of this pottery know the confusion regarding the business relationship between Zanesville Stoneware and Francis Duggan of The Old Pot Shop in Norwalk, Connecticut. Rans had the chance to set the record straight that Zanesville made all the Old Pot Shop marked pots but either chose not to or did not fully understand the relationship. Although this is perhaps the most important aspect of the history for the collector it received a mere short paragraph. The pictures are sufficient and good if one considers that this is the only resource other than original catalogs, but more time spent with lighting would have gone a long way. Good book for the pottery lovers shelf but one that will undoubtedly be improved upon some day.
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