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OBJECT HISTORY: Pauline Pottery Covered Jar

Between 1888 and 1909 the city of Edgerton, Wisconsin was home to six different companies producing nationally recognized ceramic art. The art potteries of Edgerton were part of a late nineteenth and early twentieth century trend known as the American Art Pottery movement. This covered jar, made at Pauline Pottery, represents one example of this broad movement in American ceramics.

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September 10, 2020

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Norwegian Genealogical Plaque / Art & Design / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Home Furnishings / Lake Koshkonong / Object Histories / Ethnicity & Identity / Everyday Life / Global Connections / Jefferson County / 1877-1900 / Region 7 - South Center

OBJECT HISTORY: Norwegian Genealogical Plaque

Created in 1879, this beautiful plaque features the genealogy of Sara Magelssen's family, including the story of her and her husband's immigration to Wisconsin in the 1860s.

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September 10, 2020

Art & Design / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Home Furnishings / Object Histories / Langlade County / Ethnicity & Identity / Everyday Life / Region 2 - North East / CCC Pillow Sham / 1918-1945 / Society & Religion

OBJECT HISTORY: CCC Pillow Sham

Created in 1933, this commemorative pillow sham was just one of a number of textiles created by second-generation Hungarian immigrant Rose Mary Drab to honor her brother Edward’s service in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Rose Mary appliquéd the black cotton sateen sham with a small cotton tent, a blue eagle and two small stars, and hills, pine…

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September 9, 2020

Wisconsin Made / Art & Design / Sports & Games / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Lake Koshkonong / Object Histories / Jefferson County / Nature & Environment / 1877-1900 / A Duck Decoy / Region 7 - South Center

OBJECT HISTORY: A Duck Decoy

With its painted black bill, brown head, and white and black body, it is likely obvious to humans that this object is made out of wood. This object is called a duck decoy, and was intended to fool other ducks into settling…

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September 9, 2020

Women in the American Art Pottery Movement

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Women in the American Art Pottery Movement

Women played a central role in the American Art Pottery movement, both as leaders like Pauline Jacobus and as workers like Lulu Deveraux Dixon.

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April 20, 2020

The Pauline Pottery

Art & Design / Industry / Wisconsin Made / Home Furnishings / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Edgerton / Dane County / Related Stories / Curators' Favorites / Everyday Life / Manufacturing & Trade / 1877-1900 / Region 7 - South Center / Pauline Pottery Covered Jar

The Pauline Pottery

Chicago-born artist and entrepreneur Pauline Jacobus was the central figure of Edgerton, Wisconsin's art pottery movement. In 1888, Jacobus and her husband Oscar relocated the Pauline Pottery from Chicago to Edgerton to take advantage of the area's quality clay.

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April 20, 2020