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About Our Wisconsin Ceramic Art Objects

Wisconsin Historical Museum Collections
Take an illustrated tour of the Wisconsin Historical Society's Wisconsin ceramic art collection, organized by maker.
Manuscript

Church Goods

Date: 01 28 1918
Description: Front cover of the Benziger Brothers Church Goods catalog advertising metal ware, vestments, statuary, and furnishings.
Photograph

Ceramic Arts Studio Figurines

Date: 03 02 1945
Description: "Autumn Andy" and "Summer Sally" figurines made at Madison Ceramic Arts Studio, 12 North Blount Street.
Photograph

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company Plant

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: View of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company plant. The sky is cloudy and smoke obscures some of the stacks. Railroad cars can be are on the righ...
Photograph

Century House Ceramics

Date: 10 14 1948
Description: Jane Scalbom and Jane Gilbert Peterson opened a ceramics studio in one of the oldest buildings in Madison, the Century House, 3029 University Avenue. They ...
Historical Essay

Pauline Pottery Covered Jar

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Hand-painted earthenware jar manufactured by the Pauline Pottery, Edgerton, Wisconsin, 1888-1892. (Museum object # 1964.95.1,A)
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 102

Date: 
Description: He was taught restraint and patriotic fiction,
letting automation by
to wipe the chimneys clean of issues
and make horizons in the sky
Photograph

Ceramic Arts Studios

Date: 01 27 1954
Description: Leonard Ahlen putting glaze-dipped dragon figures into the kiln at Ceramic Arts Studios, 8 North Blount Street.
Photograph

Ceramic Arts Studios

Date: 01 27 1954
Description: Women applying the finishing touches on an assortment of ceramic figures at Ceramic Arts Studios, 8 North Blount Street.
Photograph

Ceramic Arts Studios

Date: 01 27 1954
Description: Paul Byrge making molds for ceramic figures at Ceramic Arts Studios, 8 North Blount Street.
Photograph

Ceramic Arts Studios

Date: 01 27 1954
Description: Esther Mathison, Ann Jenson, Genevieve Hendrickson, Grace Wiessinger, Helen Boylan, and May Baer pouring workable clay into molds for a new series of ceram...
Photograph

Norris Dam

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Norris Dam.
Online Exhibit

Pottery by Frackelton

Explore the creations of ceramic artist Susan S. Frackelton.

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