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- Buyer Beware!: Part II
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- The Arts and Crafts Movement
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- The Art Deco Period
- Susie Cooper Pottery
- Limoges China
- 18th C American Furniture Styles
- The Bauhaus School: Weimar 1919
- The Bauhaus School: Design & Architecture
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- The End of a Century: Art Nouveau Style
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- The Souvenir Age
- A History of Ceramic Tiles
- Flow Blue China
- Collect Vintage Christmas Decorations
- An American Thanksgiving Through theYears
- How to Find an Antiques Appraiser
- Louis Prang, Father of the American Christmas Card
- Thomas Cook and the Grand Tours
- Harry Rinker's 25th Anniversary
- Mid-Century Modern
- Will Chintz China become Popular Again?
- Ireland's Waterford Crystal
- Vintage Wicker and Rattan
- Fishing Gear Collecting
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- The Art of Needlework in the Arts & Crafts Era
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McCoy Pottery
The well-loved pottery of Roseville, Ohio known as McCoy, is actually the products of two different manufacturers. The J.W. McCoy Pottery was founded in the late 19th century, became the Brush-McCoy Pottery, and eventually the Brush Pottery. The other firm, founded in Roseville in 1910 by J.W.'s son, was first known as the Nelson McCoy Sanitary Stoneware Co. It later became the Nelson McCoy Pottery company, which was sold in 1967 to one D.T. Chase of the Mount Clemens Pottery Co. He sold his interest in McCoy to Lancaster Colony Corp in 1974. The pottery shop closed in 1985. A more extensive history may be found at McCoy Pottery Online. This site contains much vital information for new and experienced collectors.
Because production of McCoy pottery lasted approximately 80 years, there are many pieces available to collectors. However, there will never be any more, and consequently the pieces you buy will only increase in value!
Cookie Jars are the most popular items for collectors, but planters, jardinieres and tea/coffee sets are also highly prized. The distinctive McCoy mark is usually seen on the bottom of pieces made after 1938, although various marks were used prior to that date, and, later, variations on the mark were used for the Floraline dinnerware line and cookware.
The Antique McCoy Pottery is an excellent, must-bookmark site for collectors. Articles here cover several specific items such as the Sunflower vase, cookie jars, planters and mugs.
Learning to recognize reproductions is an essential part of becoming a "mature" collector, of anything. A particularly useful guide to McCoy reproductions is located at The McCoy Pottery Collectors Society's Fakes and Reproductions page. You may wish to go back to one of my earlier articles, "Buyer Beware" (in two parts). A hot market for any collectible will spawn reproductions, and McCoy is a prime target.
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