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Wisconsin Stoneware Bottles and Earthenware Bottles

Pottery bottles were among the first bottles produced for Wisconsin soda and beer bottlers and merchants. The earliest were made in the 1840’s, and more began to appear in the 1850’s and 1860’s. The use of pottery bottles peaked in the 1870’s, and by the 1880’s they were falling out of favor. While some were still used in the 1890’s, by the turn of the century they had become obsolete. They were made of both earthenware and from stoneware.

Article: Wisconsin Pottery Bottles
Photo galley  It includes over 140 examples of Wisconsin pottery bottles on the Milwaukee Bottle Club web site.

If you have, or know of a Wisconsin pottery bottle not listed here, please contact me at pmaas@att.net with a description and photo if possible so we can update this web site.

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The Viking Brotherhood Cup

Susan Frackelton presented an exhibit featuring twelve pieces of salt-glazed art pottery at the 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition. Most of the pieces have applied embellishments and incising with cobalt highlights. A centerpiece of the exhibit was a large drinking vessel she named "The Viking Brotherhood Cup." A photo of the exhibit was published in an industry newpaper called the "Clay Worker" in an article about the exhibit by Susan’s husband Richard Frackelton.

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