Trivet, 1928

Summary

The Paul Revere Pottery evolved from a settlement house founded in 1899 to help women in Boston's North End immigrant community. Founders Edith Guerrier, a librarian, and Edith Brown, an artist, convinced patron Helen Osborne Storrow to fund the pottery in 1906. The venture proved successful, producing remarkable Arts and Crafts wares through the 1930s.

The Paul Revere Pottery evolved from a settlement house founded in 1899 to help women in Boston's North End immigrant community. Founders Edith Guerrier, a librarian, and Edith Brown, an artist, convinced patron Helen Osborne Storrow to fund the pottery in 1906. The venture proved successful, producing remarkable Arts and Crafts wares through the 1930s.

Artifact

Trivet

Date Made

July 1928

Creators

Brown, Edith, 1872-1932 

Paul Revere Pottery Inc. (Brighton, Mass.) 

Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) 

Place of Creation

United States, Massachusetts, Brighton 

Creator Notes

Made and decorated by Edith Brown, a Saturday Evening Girls member, at Paul Revere Pottery in Brighton, Massachusetts.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2024.45.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Color

Blue
Green
Yellow (Color)
Gray (Color)
Brown

Dimensions

Height: 0.25 in

Diameter: 4.125 in

Inscriptions

on bottom: EB - 7-28 / REVERE

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