Bauer American Art Pottery Fred Johnson c1930\'s Hand Thrown Rose Bowl
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Bauer American Art Pottery Fred Johnson c1930\'s Hand Thrown Rose Bowl:
$345.00
Bauer American Art Pottery Art Deco Era c1930\'s Hand Thrown Rose Bowl by Fred Johnson. MINT/EXCELLENT CONDITION! MEASURES: 5 1/2\" x 4\". PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE!--------
Bauer Pottery, strictly speakingJ.A. Bauer Pottery, was an American pottery founded inPaducah, Kentucky, however operating for most of its life inLos Angeles,California.
J.A. Bauer Pottery Rebecca vasesHistory
In 1885, J. A. Bauer (John Andrew \"Andy\" Bauer) bought out Frank Parham\'s Paducah Pottery in Paducah, Kentucky, a pottery whose main products were brown-glazed, hand-thrown wares includingcrocksandjugs. J.A. Bauer moved his family toLos Angelesin early 1909, and selected a new site for a pottery. J.A. Bauer Pottery Company was built at 415-421 West Avenue 33 in Lincoln Heights, an area between Los Angeles and Pasadena, California. The first products were the same products J.A. Bauer produced in Paducah. Demand from the nursery trade added new products to the pottery\'s wares includingflower pots, garden ware, and planters.
J.A. Bauer ring ware vaseLouis Ipsen was hired around 1912 as a designer, adding fancy redware items to the pottery lines. Matterson (Matt) Carlton, an accomplished turner, joined the company producing hand-thrown vases, rose jars, and carnation vases for the nursery trade. In 1922, J. A. Bauer retired and in 1923 died. One third of the company was sold to his daughter Eve, and her husband Watson E. Bockman. The other two thirds was sold to Bernard Bernheim. Bockman became president of the company. By 1928, Bockman resigned and the heirs of Bernard Bernheim, sons Sam and Lynn Bernheim, ran the company. In 1929 W. E. Bockman bought out the Bernheims and once again became president of the company. Bockman hired ceramic engineer Victor F. Houser to develop new glazes. \"The introduction of Houser\'s brilliant new colors on Ipsen\'s dishes proved a momentous event.\",
Around 1930, Bauer Pottery introducedCalifornia Colored Pottery. OtherSouthern California potteries producing solid coloredearthenwaretableware and kitchenware products around the same time period as the introduction of Bauer\'s California Colored Pottery wereGladding, McBean & Co.\'sFranciscan Ware, Metlox Manufacturing Company, Pacific Clay Potteries\'Hostess Ware,Vernon Kilns\'Early California, and Catalina Clay Products\'Catalina Pottery. By 1933, the company added ruffled or \"ring\" dishes, including its distinctive Ringware line, named for the concentric circles that mark the pieces. In 1934, Fred Johnson, Matt Carlton\'s nephew and an accomplished hand-thrower formerly with theNiloak PotteryinBenton, Arkansas, joined the company. Fred Johnson added new shapes to Bauer Pottery\'s table and art ware lines.
In 1938, Bauer Pottery sought to expand their market to the East coast by purchasing, and converting to a pottery, an old winery inAtlanta, Georgia. W. E. Bockman died before Bauer Atlanta was opened. John Herbert (Herb) Brutsche took over management of the Atlanta plant, and James (Jim) Bockman became the Los Angeles plant\'s general manager. A line of art ware produced in the Atlanta plant was designed byindustrial designerRussel Wrightin 1945. The Russel Wright Bauer line was not successful and was discontinued shortly after its introduction. The Bauer Atlanta plant was converted into a sanitary ware production plant, Georgia Sanitary Pottery.
In 1962, Bauer Pottery ceased operations; Eva Bockman shut down Bauer Pottery rather than settle a generallabor strikewhich began in the fall of 1961.
RevivalBauer Pottery was revived in 2000 by collector Janek Boniecki in a small ceramic studio outside Los Angeles. The new company introduced a new line, Bauer 2000, featuring pieces based on original shapes and colors from the 1930s and 1940s. Unable to locate any original Bauer dies or molds, Bonecki reverse-engineered the new line from pieces from his own collection and other vintage purchases.
Cultural references- InThe Hand That Rocks the Cradle (film), a collection of Bauer ring dinnerware is used in the kitchen.
- InMildred Pierce, Mildred uses Bauer mixing bowls.
- In the television showThe New Normal, Bryan and David\'s home is decorated with Bauer pottery, and they use Bauer ringware as their dinnerware.
Bauer American Art Pottery Fred Johnson c1930\'s Hand Thrown Rose Bowl:
$345.00