McCoy Pottery
10.24.06 By Lorraine NewberryI like pottery, particularly vases, and I’ve already touched on well-known pottery makers Roseville and Gonder, so I thought I’d talk about the probably the best known of them all, McCoy.
The Nelson McCoy Sanitary Stoneware Company was founded in 1910 by Nelson McCoy and his father, J.W. McCoy, in Roseville, Ohio. This part of Ohio was known for the quality of its clay and many of the top pottery makers in the country were located in the area. In the 1930s the company hired Sydney Cope, who as Lead Designer introduced the style of products for which McCoy would become best known. The company continued to create pottery designs throughout most of the 20th century. In 1967 the McCoy family sold the company, and after changing hands two more times the McCoy Pottery company closed its doors.
Learn more about McCoy Pottery at http://www.mccoypottery.com , where you’ll find helpful information including forums, a more detailed history of the company, a store and a gallery of the different McCoy markings that can be found on the pottery.
This site operated by an avid McCoy collector has more interesting info about McCoy Pottery as well as a great photo gallery showing tons of the company’s unique styles. The site also has photos of reproductions and fakes to look out for - there’s a lot of them out there!
The website of The McCoy Pottery Collectors Society is fun to browse and has great tips and articles to help McCoy collectors educate themselves. http://www.mccoypotterycollectorssociety.org
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