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earthenware glaze
Not currently on view
Gift of the American Ceramic Society
A native of Staffordshire, England, Frederick Hurten Rhead (1880–1942) followed six generations of potters in his family and became the art director of a local pottery before he was twenty years old. In 1902, he immigrated to the United States, where he proceeded to work as designer or art director for a series of firms, including S. A. Weller Pottery and Roseville Pottery, both located in Zanesville, Ohio; University City Pottery near St. Louis, Missouri; Arequipa Pottery in Marin County, California, and others. From 1927 to his death, he was art director of the Homer Laughlin China Company in Newark, West Virginia, where he reached a career zenith, designing the perennially popular Fiesta pattern. Fiesta Ware was one of the most successful dinnerware patterns of the twentieth century. Rhead was the first to stress the notion of "mix-and-match", and he used vivid colors found in contemporary automobiles and household accoutrements. The Fiesta line was discontinued in 1973 but it was reintroduced in different colors in 1986 to celebrate the fiftieth year of its design.(this paragraph was written by Dr. Barbara S. Perry.)
Accession Number: 2006.102.97A-B
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