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Offline JeffTheGreat

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Rumrill M19
« on: August 14, 2016, 05:32:02 AM »
This large pottery bowl is marked "Rumrill M19".
Could that be correct? I have never seen this one before.
What year is it from?

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Re: Rumrill M19
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2016, 09:51:17 AM »
I found this, hope it is helpful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rumrill

George Rumrill was an American potter. He started RumRill Pottery. His work was popular in the 1920s. Georgine Mickler was his daughter. After her mother died she was raised by an aunt.

Rumrill was an art pottery designer and salesman. RumRill Pottery was made in Minnesota and Ohio (Minnesota from 1931 to 1938 and in Ohio from 1938 to 1942).

Rumrill, like many potters of the era, developed breathing issues from the clay dust. He died in 1943.
RumRill Art pottery by Red Wing

RumRill Art pottery was made by Red Wing Pottery from 1933 to 1937. George Rumrill contracted with Red Wing to make his art pottery. RumRill shapes were numbered from 50 to 677.

From 1938 to 1941 RumRill pottery was made in Ohio and possibly by Shawnee Pottery, and Gondor Pottery

And from Kovels: https://www.kovels.com/price-guide/pottery-porcelain-price-guide/rumrill.html

Rumrill Pottery was designed by George Rumrill of Little Rock, Arkansas. From 1933 to 1938, it was produced by the Red Wing Pottery of Red Wing, Minnesota. In January 1938, production was transferred to the Shawnee Pottery in Zanesville, Ohio. It was moved again in December of 1938 to Florence Pottery Company in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, where Rumrill ware continued to be manufactured until the pottery burned in 1941. It was then produced by Gonder Ceramic Arts in South Zanesville until early 1943. Early utilitarian items were hand-made and were salt-glazed.

 

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