Description:
"Green lettuce leaf" pattern pottery cup (with dish, HD 67.230.2), made by the New Milford Pottery, also known as the Wannopee Pottery Company, formed in the shape of overlapping, molded light green leaves with "210" impressed on the bas. This object came from the Flynt family. These pieces are not marked, others are marked with overglaze black enamel "Trade Mark Lettuce Leaf." Wannopee Lettuce Leaf was a trade name of the New Milford Pottery of Connecticut. The company made a wide range of ware beginning in September of 1887 but did not begin the production of majolica until 1901, long after most American majolica manufacturers had ceased making the ware. This pottery company (1887-1903) was located on West Street near the bleachery, in New Milford, Connecticut.
Label Text:
Founded in New Milford in 1887. During the company's 16 years of production, their designers created many different and unusual patterns. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a collector of the Green Lettuce Leaf Pattern. The New Milford Historical Society owns early photographs of the factory and its workers.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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