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
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center