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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Collectors Search Ohio for Valuable Rookwood Wall Plaques by Larry Koon

Somewhere out there in Ohio and  West Virginia  hanging  on a wall   or perhaps  collecting dust in an old attic .or outbuilding, are valuable wall plaques that were produced  by Rookwood Pottery from  1900 up to 1940 in an abandoned  eastern avenue  schoolhouse in Cincinnati,

These  beautiful wall plaques were  created  by several different artists who worked at Rookwood Pottery. and  were made by slip decoration and later finished  in vellum glaze  and  produced in a variety of  beautiful pastel colors. most of these wall plaques  found today are signed with the artists signature or  initals. along with a roman numeral that  tells you exactly when the plaque was orginally  made,

The scenes on Rookwood Plaques  were usually taken from local Ohio landscapes  with exception of the venetian scenes by Rookwood artist Ed Diers and Carl Schmdt.

Several Rookwood plaques found today by Ed Diers  and Carl Schmidt  were of  beautiful  snowcapped mountains that were most likely taken from paintings  that hung on  a  wall   in Cincinnati's Art Museum .

Rookwood Wall Plaques  produced between 1900 and 1905 were mostly of Dutch and English gentlemen, including American Indians,

Rookwood  wall plaques came in a different variety of sizes, the smallest was a 4 x8 , and the largest  a 14 x16, Most of the larger plaques  can sell up to 12,000 each  today at Rookwood Auctions. and the smallest  from 3.000 up to 6.000

Many collectors  today  seek  Rookwood Wall  Plaques by their  favorite artists , such as Fred Rothenbusch, E.T. Hurley. Ed Diers, Sarah Sax , and other artists

Carl Schmidt  who   came from Germany , Joined Rookwood Pottery in 1896 and continued working there up  until 1927. was  most famous for his venetian  scene plaques, all were painted with percision and were very easy to recognize and were beautiful detailed.

Fred Rothenbusch  who worked at Rookwood from 1896 up until 1931, produced  some of the larger wall plaques for Rookwood, Rothenbusch painted beautiful  trees and mountains in incredibile  colors. dark blues, purple and light rose,

Lenore Asbury ,who joined the decorating staff at Rookwood in 1894 and remained there up until 1931, was known  for producing  beautiful  landscape wall plaques ,using a range of beautiful colors,

There were over 250 artists  and decorators employed by Rookwood Pottery  in it's eighty seven year history. Many are mentioned throughout  my new book ."Price Guide To Rookwood Pottery  Wall Plaques" By Larry Koon

To order a signed copy of this 158 page  8  1/2 x 11 book  send 24.95  plus 4.00 shipping to  Larry Koon  Po Box 5221  Vienna,W.va 26105  you can also order your copy  and pay through pay pal , our email  address is koonpublishingcompany@ymail.com   or order  a copy through amazon.com 
ISBN NUMBER 978-1-4507-6586-2  for signed books  place your order with me ,  Book stores that want to sell this book can contact me  at the above email address









  

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