Round flat vessels with a narrow neck have been known in many cultures since ancient times. In Europe, they were called pilgrim flasks or pilgrim

Kumeno Teitaro (1865-1939) from Nagoya (Japan) was considered the best master in the use of transparent enamels. Although he worked in almost all the enameling

The Massieu dynasty of ceramicists has been known in the south of France since the beginning of the 18th century, when Pierre Massieu (1707-1748) opened

In 1872, when Samuel Augustus Weller (1851−1925) was 21, he founded a pottery in Fultonham, Ohio. Initially, his business consisted of a small hut where

Sarah McLaughlin (1872–1939), one of the finest ceramic artists who worked at the Weller Pottery factory in Ohio in the early 20th century. Her wonderful

The works of the American ceramics master Carol Long (Carol Long, b. 1965) are inspired by natural motifs. Her works surprise with the sophistication and

Rookwood Pottery, founded by Maria Longworth Nichols in 1880, has become one of America’s most renowned art potteries, thanks in large part to the talented