#303

Object NameVase

Studio Camark Pottery (Camden, Arkansas, 1926 - 1982)

Date1929-1939

MediumPottery, Red/Orange Glaze

Dimensions3 × 4 1/2 in. diameter (7.6 × 11.4 cm) Other (Base): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative Arts, Ceramics

Credit LineTranferred from Applied Arts Department. In the Farm House Museum Collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object number74.32.59

Status

On view

Collections

Decorative Arts

CultureAmerican

Label TextFounded in 1926, Camden Art Tile and Pottery Company was one of three producers of art pottery in Arkansas. By the end of its first year, its name had changed to Camark to include both the city of Camden (Ouachita County) and the state of Arkansas. Camark Pottery eventually became one of Camden’s best-known industries and was known nationwide. In 1927 Alfred P. Tetzschner, a native of Saxony, Germany, took charge and created new lines, including the Futuristic/Modernistic line. This line was influenced by the movement later known as Art Deco. These pieces were beautiful but costly to produce, with an average retail cost of thirteen dollars, and the line was discontinued in 1929. In addition to the Futuristic line, new mold designs and glaze manipulations were developed that continued throughout the life of the pottery. As was the practice among most art pottery manufacturers, Tetzschner was the artisan who created and finished original pieces that artistic employees subsequently copied. Source: Excerpted from “Encyclopedia of Arkansas”, Carmark entry by Dixie Covington Howard. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/camark-pottery-587/

PeriodArts and Crafts

Locations