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A. E. Hull Pottery was
founded in 1905 in Crooksville, Ohio, initially producing stoneware.
By 1907, Hull Pottery had already expanded by adding a second
plant and had grown to employ over 200 workers. By 1920, Hull
was producing a wide variety of quality stoneware, planters,
and art pottery, incorporating new airbrushed and blended glaze
techniques. They also produced items for the bathroom and kitchen
which usually had a white semi-porcelain body. After the stock
market crash in 1929, much of the production shifted to tiles
although other items continued to be produced as well. In the
1930s, Hull capitalized in the growing interest in art pottery
and introduced several lines of matte finish, pastel, and floral
items in the shape of vases, planters, ewers, and bowls, most
in varying sizes. Their most successful items were the Little
Red Riding Hood cookie jars which were patented in 1943 and
began an entire new production line of figural kitchen and novelty
items which continued well into the 1950s. Although best known
for their pastel matte glazed ware, some of the lines were high
gloss. Rosella, glossy coral on a pink clay body, was produced
for a short time only; and Magnolia, although offered in a matte
glaze, was produced in gloss as well. The plant was destroyed
in 1950 by a flood which resulted in a devastating fire when
the floodwater caused the kilns to explode. The company rebuilt
and equipped their new factory with the most modern machinery.
However, it was soon apparent that the matt glaze could not
be duplicated through the more modern processes, and soon attention
was concentrated on high-gloss artware lines such as Parchment,
Pine and Ebb Tide. Figural planters and novelties, piggy banks,
and dinnerware were produced in abundance in the late 1950s
and 1960s. By the mid 1970s, dinnerware and florist ware were
the mainstay of their business. The firm ceased production in
1985.
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