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Pottery

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

James Towne Collony Pottery Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2007.45
Scope and Contents

James towne collony Pottery ledger book of Paul Griesenauer recording sales which includes autographs of customers; printed book, The Shenandoah Pottery, 1929; and decals in an envelope addressed to Palin Thorley.

Dates: 1937-1962; Majority of material found in 1937-1940

J. Palin Thorley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00076
Scope and Contents The papers of J. Palin Thorley contain personal and business papers, legal and financial papers, photographs, studio notes, drawings and sketches, ceramics, and artifacts. Joseph Palin Thorley was an internationally known potter who supplied the Craft House museum shop with reproductions of eighteenth-century antiques from Colonial Williamsburg’s collection. The collection largely relates to Thorley's pottery work and business, documenting his creative and scholarly process. For an enhanced...
Dates: 1910-1987; Majority of material found in 1930-1986

Williamsburg Pottery Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 00112
Content Description

Fliers, pamphlets, working papers, and catalogs of the Williamsburg Pottery Factory in Lightfoot, Virginia. Papers include a profit sharing plan, maps of the factory, and an aerial postcard of the facility.

Dates: 1983 - 1993