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KTK Knowles American Art Pottery Postcard Ad

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Postcards: Pre 1910   item# 170789

KTK Knowles American Art Pottery Postcard Ad
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$14.99 

This unusual 5-3/8" x 3-3/8" souvenir postcard depicts "A Part of K. T. u. [German abbreviation for "und," meaning "and"] K Pottery and Surrounding, East Liverpool, O. [makers of Lotus Ware].

On the back, a printed notice reads "Published by Davis & Gould, East Liverpool, O. Printed in Germany&qu ...click for details



KTK Knowles Rare Pull-Out Pottery Postcard Ad

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Postcards: Pre 1910   item# 170788

KTK Knowles Rare Pull-Out Pottery Postcard Ad
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$35.00 

This unusual 5-3/8" x 3-1/2" combination souvenir postcard and advertisement is titled "Souvenir of East Liverpool, Ohio, showing the process of manufacturing crockery at The Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Co, the largest pottery in Amerika." (Note the German spelling.)

The card is also marked "Serie 253. Published b ...click for details



KTK Knowles East Liverpool Rare Postcard Set

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Postcards: Pre 1910   item# 170729

KTK Knowles East Liverpool Rare Postcard Set
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$195.00 set of 13 postcards 

This unusual 5-1/2" x 3-3/4" souvenir postcard is part of a 14 card series that explains the processes used at The Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Co. / Potters / East Liverpool, Ohio, makers of Lotus Ware. This card is numbered I.

The text reads "Kaolin, Ball Clay, Flint Spar and Water are weighed and then mixed in the blunge ...click for details



New Jersey Pottery Silk Coffee Ad Trade Card

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Paper: Pre 1900   item# 168406

New Jersey Pottery Silk Coffee Ad Trade Card
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$24.99 

This 3" x 4-7/8" full-color trade card was produced by Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Company of New York and is dated 1889 at the bottom of the image. Lithograph was made by Donaldson Brothers.

This card (Arbuckle's #93) was one in a series of 50 cards illustrating U.S. states and territories. A note on the back reads in part "T ...click for details



Stickley Lenox Rookwood Pottery Keen Kutter

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Paper: Pre 1920   item# 164815

Stickley Lenox Rookwood Pottery Keen Kutter
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$49.95 

This auction consists of a well-worn but scarce (partial) December 1914 issue of Gustav Stickley's CRAFTSMAN Magazine. Someone has removed the Arthur Rackham illustrated article on fairies, and the back cover is also missing. But there is still plenty of interest left!

Illustrated full-page advertisements include Saxon Motor Company, D ...click for details



Sandwich Glass Factory Souvenir Postcard 1925

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Postcards: Pre 1930   item# 164720

Sandwich Glass Factory Souvenir Postcard 1925
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$14.99 

This unusual (and probably rare) 5-3/8" x 3-1/2" commemorative postcard depicts "THE OLD FACTORY AT SANDWICH WHERE SANDWICH GLASS WAS MADE." The years 1825 and 1925 appear at the top left and right, dating the piece to 1925. Under the image, the text reads 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, HISTORICAL BUILDING, SANDWICH, JULY 25 TO AUGUST 15.
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Dorflinger Cut Glass Souvenir Postcard Rare 1

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Postcards: Pre 1910   item# 164606

Dorflinger Cut Glass Souvenir Postcard Rare 1
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$24.99 

This rare 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" souvenir postcard depicts and the C. Dorlinger & Sons' Glass Factories, White Mills, Pa. (Pennsylvania) and is also captioned PUB. BY L. HESSEL, HAWLEY, PA. On the back is the text "Postal Card--Carte Postale. / Private Mailing Card. / AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS OF MAY 19, 1898." and THIS SIDE IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ADDRESS.
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Pitkin Glass Works Souvenir Postcard DAR 1935

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Postcards: Pre 1940   item# 164601

Pitkin Glass Works Souvenir Postcard DAR 1935
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$14.99 

This unusual 5-3/8" x 3-1/2" commemorative postcard depicts the "Ruins of the Pitkin Glass Works, Manchester," along with examples of the bottles that were made there. On the back, the text reads "Official Post Card of / The Tercentenary of Connecticut" / Built in 1783 for the manufacture of glass. Bottles / were the chief products." Then... "COPYRIGHT 1935, AND PUBLISHED BY / CONNECTICUT DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION." ...click for details


Newcomb College Art Pottery Souvenir Postcard

Catalogue: Traditional Collectibles: Ephemera: Postcards: Pre 1930   item# 164590

Newcomb College Art Pottery Souvenir Postcard
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Mark Bassett (aka 'potterybooks')
216-221-6025


$39.99 

This rare 5-3/8" x 3-3/8" full-color souvenir postcard depicts the "Pottery Building Newcomb College, / New Orleans, La." On the back is the stock number 10215 of "Grombach-Faisans Co. Ltd., Publishers, New-Orleans, La." In the stamp region are the words "Made in Germany."

There is a bit of chipping ...click for details


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