PINE MEER FOUNDATION
ZANESVILLE MUSEUM OF ART (ZMA)
EXAMPLES OF ART POTTERY ON DISPLAY:
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If you have an interest in Ohio art pottery, you'll be marveled at the collection in this museum. The main firms that competed with Cincinnati's Rookwood Pottery, e.g. Weller, Roseville, Avon and J. B. Owens, were located in the Zanesville, OH area. This museum has an extensive collection of items made by these and other former potteries and tile firms primarily located in the Zanesville region. This museum also has an interesting collection of Americana paintings.
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To help broaden the art pottery collection of this museum, a director of the Pine Meer Foundation has loaned several items to ZMA. One of these items include a jardiniere created by the famed William Hurten Rhead while he was with Avon Pottery. However, most of the loaned items are from Rookwood Pottery. They include a couple pieces attributed to the founder of Rookwood, Maria Longworth Nichols. Also included is a Tiger Eye vase that was displayed by Rookwood at the Paris Exposition in 1901. This was the same exposition where the Uranus Vase, another tiger eye vase, won the grand prize. There are also examples of the Sea Green and French Red glazes. A drive to the Zanesville Museum of Art from Cincinnati takes approximately 2.5 hours. But if you happen to be from Cincinnati and in the Columbus area for a football game or a visit, this museum is only an hour away.
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The background image is a Pine Meer photograph of the Formal Garden taken in 1929.
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