Potters of Chester County
Because of the rich variety of clay soils found in Chester County, the area became well-known for the variety of its pottery, much of which is highly collectible today.
Name | Location | Time Frame |
Adams, John H. | Brandywine twp. | 1796-1802 |
Ash, Louis I | Phoenixville | 1901-1903 |
Ashbaugh, John H. | Phoenixville | 1902-1903 |
Austin, Bertha E. | Phoenixville | 1902-1903 |
Austin, John | Phoenixville | 1886-1887 |
Austin, Robert | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Austin, William | Phoenixville | 1898-1899 |
Bahling, Peter | Phoenixville | 1890-1891 |
Banks, William | Phoenixville | 1850 |
Barton, Thomas | Phoenixville | 1882-1883 |
Bartzer, Frederick | Phoenixville | 1902-1903 |
Bartzer, Martin | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Bayne, Taylor | West Chester | 1842 |
Beech, John | Phoenixville | 1890-1891 |
Beerbower, R. W. | Phoenixville | c.1870 |
Bennett, Joshua | East Caln twp. | 1827-1828 |
Binder, Henry | Brandywine twp. | 1801 |
Binnix, John | East Nottingham twp. | 1860 |
Binnix, John | Kennett Square | 1870-1875 |
Boyer, Nathaniel | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Bradford, Samuel | Eat Nottingham twp. | 1850-1852 |
Brosius, Daniel K. | Kennett Square | 1847 |
Brosius, Edwin | Kennett Square | 1847-1885 |
Brosius, Mahlon | Londonderry twp. | 1820-1828 |
Brosius, Mahlon | Upper Oxford twp. | 1828-1863 |
Brown, Harvey | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Brown, Herbert | Phoenixville | 1902-1903 |
Brown, Samuel | West Nottingham twp. | 1850 |
Brownback, Charles R. | Phoenixville | 1898-1899 |
Burns, John, Jr. | West Chester | 1856-1860 |
Burns, John, Jr. | Lionville | 1865 |
Burns, Joseph P. | West Chester | 1860 |
Butz, Milton | Kennett Square | 1896-1903 |
Calhoun, Thomas | East Nottingham twp. | c. 1890 |
Carter, William | Londonderry twp. | 1808-1812 |
Cavanaugh, William A. | Kennett Square | 1896-1903 |
Chalfant, Sherman | Phoenixville | 1886-1887 |
Chamberlain, John | Kennett Square | 1860 |
Chamberlain, Thomas | East Nottingham twp. | c. 1860-1890 |
Chantry, William | Phoenixville | 1886-1897 |
Chantry, William, Jr | Phoenixville | 1901-1903 |
Coates, Levi | Londonderry twp. | 1806-60 |
Colgan, Rose | Phoenixville | 1890-1891 |
Cope, Caleb | Lincoln University | 1893-1917 |
Cope, Darlington | West Chester | c. 1831-1840 |
Cope, Philip D. | Lincoln University | 1920-1958 |
Cope, Wilmer | Franklin twp. | 1880-1890 |
Cope, Wilmer | Lincoln University | 1890-1943 |
Cowsson, Bowen | Westtown twp. | 1833 |
Cox, Bennett | Lionville | c. 1845 |
Davis, Joel | Brandywine twp. | 1808-1820 |
Dawson, Howard | East Nottingham twp. | 1865-1880 |
Dean, Charles A. | Kennett Square | 1902-1905 |
Deilbert, Abbott L. | Phoenixville | 1890-1891 |
Devlin, William | Phoenixville | 1882-1891 |
Dietrich, David H. | Phoenixville | 1898-1899 |
Divinney, William | West Chester | 1850 |
Donley, George P. | West Chester | 1857-1858 |
Donley, James P. | West Chester | 1850-1863 |
Donley, John | Lionville | 1849-1858 |
Dougherty, James | Phoenixville | 1886 |
Edwards | Westtown | 1842 |
Emery, L. Walter | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Esbin, Isaac | London Grove twp. | 1847-1849 |
Esbin, Isaac | Westtown twp. | 1850-1855 |
Farrell, Joseph | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Ferguson, William | Phoenixville | 1902-1903 |
Finland, Welford | Kennett Square | 1896-1897 |
Fisher, Thomas, Jr. | East Caln twp. | 1789-1802 |
Folk, Samuel | East Caln twp. | 1822 |
Foster, Philip | Phoenixville | 1902-1903 |
Ford, Jesse | Warwick twp. | 1749 |
Fraisure, Aaron | East Caln twp. | 1749-1802 |
Francis, Frederick | Warwick twp. | 1847-1850 |
Fredericks, John | Lower Uwchlan twp. | 1858-60 |
Gamble, Benjamin | kennett Square | 1896-1905 |
Garrison, James | Westtown twp. | 1860 |
Gilbert, Addison V. | Phoenixville | 1882-1883 |
Gilbert, Samuel | Phoenixville | 1882-1883 |
Gilbert, William | Phoenixville | 1882-1883 |
Grier, E. Stanley | East Nottingham twp. | c. 1885-1915 |
Grier, James | East Nottingham twp. | 1828-1856 |
Grier, James A. | East Nottingham twp. | 1870-1871 |
Grier, James P. M. | East Nottingham twp. | 1835-1866 |
Grier, Ralph J. | East Nottingham twp. | 1862-1902 |
Grier, Samuel H. | East Nottingham twp. | c. 1860 |
Grier, Thomas F. | East Nottingham twp. | 1884-1889 |
Grier, Thomas L. | East Nottngham | 1850 |
Hack, Alexander | Phoenixville | 1882-1883 |
Hack, Nicholas | Phoenixville | 1867 |
Hall, John | West Whiteland twp. | c. 1816 |
Hamlin, George F. | East Nottingham twp. | 1871 |
Hartman, William, Jr. | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Hendricks, John | Phoenixville | 1858-1860 |
Hickman, Emmor | Westtown twp. | 1801-1807 |
High, Daniel | Charlestown twp. | 1808-1825 |
Hoopes, Milton | Westtown twp. | 1833 |
Hoopes, Milton | Downingtown | 1842-1864 |
Hoopes, Nilton | Lionville | 1865-1875 |
Hooker, Eri (Eli?) | East Nottingham twp. | 1880-1890 |
Hooker, John | East Nottingham twp. | 1840 |
Howell, Nelson W. | Phoenixville | 1886-1903 |
Howeraft, Thomas | Brandywine twp. | 1820 |
Huebner, George | Vincent twp. | 1796-1814 |
James, Aaron | Westtown twp. | 1728-1853 |
James, Aaron | Westtown twp. | c. 1790-1823 |
James, Aaron, Jr. | Westtown twp. | 1820-1821 |
James, Abraham | Westtown twp. | 1820-1863 |
James, Eber | Westtown twp. | 1820-1825 |
James, Eber | Downingtown | 1825-1828 |
Kennedy, John | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Kent, Daniel | Oxford | 1870 |
Kersey, Jesse | East Caln twp. | 1794-1824 |
Kinsey, James | East Caln twp. | 1804 |
Klenk, Charles | Phoenixville | 1902-1903 |
Klenk, George | Phoenixville | 1901 |
Klenk, William F. | Phoenixville | 1898-1899 |
Kurtz, Frank | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Kustis,Paul P. | Phoenixville | 1901 |
Ladd, Samuel | West Chester | 1842 |
Latouch, William A. | Phoenixville | 1886-1887 |
Lawler, Patrick | East Nottngham twp. | 1865-1869 |
Lawrence, Charles | East Caln twp. | 1822 |
Lewis, Jonathan | Westtown twp. | 1822, 1898-1899 |
Linker, John | Lionville | 1850 |
Malone, Michael | Phoenixville | 1898-1899 |
Manion, John E. | Phoenixville | 1902-1903 |
Manion, Thomas | Phoenixville | 1902-1903 |
Manning, John | Phoenixville | 1896-1901 |
Manning, Thomas | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
March, Edward | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
McCarraher | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
McMememin, Willaim J. | Phoenixville | 1890-1891 |
Mendenhall, Jonathan | East Caln twp. | 1894-1896 |
Michener, George C. | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Miller, David | Phoenixville | 1886-1887 |
Minster, Evan | Westtown twp. | 1850-1860 |
Mitchell, Joseph | Phoenixville | 1886-1887 |
Moore, Allen | Kennett Square | 1850 |
Moore, Henry | Lionville | 1842 |
Moore, Richard | Lionville | 1857 |
Morrowson, John | New London twp. | 1850 |
Moyer, Charles E. | Phoenixville | 1901-1903 |
Mundall, James | East Nottingham twp. | 1860-1871 |
Myers, Jacob | Phoenixville | 1886-1891 |
Notehelfer, John | Kennett Square | 1860 |
Notehelfer, Michael | Kennett Square | 1850-1857 |
Pearson, John D. | Phoenixville | 1882-1883 |
Pearson, William | Phoenixville | 1886-1887 |
Phillips, Lewis | Phoenixville | 1882-1883 |
Pickel, Lewis | Kennett Square | 1857 |
Pickel, Peter | Kennett Square | 1857 |
Pusey, Nathan | East Caln twp | 1796-1800 |
Pusey, Nathan | London Grove twp. | 1801-1812 |
Reed, Isaac | Phoenixville | 1898-1899 |
Rees, Lemual | Brandywine twp. | 1822-1842 |
Reichling, John | Kennett Square | c. 1918 |
Remmy, George | Eat Nottingham twp. | c. 1860 |
Remmy, Joseph B. | East Nottingham twp. | 1850 |
Rhodes, William W. | Phoenixville | 1886-1891 |
Ross, William E. | East Nottingham twp. | 1839-1842 |
Royer, Albert | Phoenixville | 1898-1899 |
Ruoss, George D. | Kennett Square | 1901-1902 |
Scheetz, Elmer E. | Phoenixville | 1886-1887 |
Schofield, Haines | Honey Brook | c. 1888-1895 |
Schofield, Henry, Sr. | East Nottingham twp. | 1854-69, 1873-1885 |
Schofield, Henry, Sr. | Oxford | 1869-1872 |
Schofield, Henry, Jr. | Oxford | 1869-1872 |
Schofield, Henry, Jr. | Eat Nottingham twp. | 1872-1880 |
Schofield, Henry, Jr. | Rock Springs, MD | c. 1900-1944 |
Schofield, James W. | East Nottingham twp. | 1865-1869 |
Schofield, James W. | Oxford | 1869-72, 1890-91 |
Schofield, James W. | Reading, PA | many years with Shenfelder’s |
Schofield, John | East Nottingham | 1873-1878 |
Schofield, John | Lionville | 1879-1884 |
Schofield, John | Oxford | 1870-73, 1889-1905 |
Schofield, Stephen | Oxford | 1869-1873 |
Schofield, William | East Nottingham twp. | 1862-69, 1875 |
Schofield, William | Oxford | 1869-1872 |
Schofield, William | Lionville | 1879-1884 |
Schofield, William | Honey Brook | 1888-1927 |
Schofield, William, Jr. | Honey Brook | c. 1888-1895 |
Seesholtz, George | Vincent twp. | 1796 |
Sharp, Frederick | Phoenixville | 1886-1887 |
Sherman, Samuel | Phoenixville | 1902-1903 |
Smedley, Enos | Westtown twp. | 1820-1823 |
Smedley, Enos | Downingtown | 1829-1830 |
Smedley, Enos | West Chester | 1831-1854 |
Smith, George | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Smith, Henry | West Nottingham twp. | 1836-1857 |
Spangel, Ludwig | East Whiteland twp. | 1768 |
Stretch, Samuel C. | Eat Nottingham twp. | 1871-1873 |
Stretch, Samuel or Bill | Kennett Square | c. 1880 |
Strong, Constantine | Kennett Square | 1870-1885 |
Taylor, George | Westtown twp. | 1850 |
Taylor, Washington | East Nottingham twp. | 1850 |
Terry, David | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Trunk, Frederick | Phoenixville | 1890-1903 |
Trunk, Herman | Phoenixville | 1898-1899 |
Trunk, Jacob | Phoenixville | 1886-1901 |
Trunk, William | Phoenixville | 1886-1887 |
Valentine, Benjamin | Westtown twp. | 1807-1815 |
Valentine, Benjamin | East Caln twp. | 1819-1838 |
Vickers, John | East Caln twp. | 1796-1814 |
Vickers, John | West Whiteland twp. | 1814-1822 |
Vickers, John | Lionville | 1823-1860 |
Vickers, John Lewis | Lionville | 1868-1873 |
Vickers, Joseph | West Chester | 1860-1863 |
Vickers, Isaac | East Caln twp. | 1822 |
Vickers, Paxson | Lionville | 1835-1866 |
Vickers, Thomas | East Caln twp. | c. 1796-1822 |
Vickers, Thomas | Lionville | 1823-1828 |
Vickers, Ziba | East Caln | 1808-1812 |
Vickers, Ziba | Londonderry twp. | 1812-1814 |
Vickers, Ziba | Lionville | 1842-1848 |
Wagg, Thomas | Phoenixville | 1890-1891 |
Webb, Jacob | Westtown twp. | 1796 |
Webber, Francis | West Chester | 1842 |
Weir, Augustus | West Chester | 1850 |
Wiseburg, Jacob | East Nantmeal twp. | 1782 |
Wood, Mahlon | Kennett Square | 1857-1970 |
Worrell, J. Percy | Kennett Square | 1902-1920 |
Yarnall, Charles J. | Phoenixville | 1896-1897 |
Yearsley, John | Westtown twp. | 1802-1809 |
Yother, Jacob | Eastr Caln twp. | 1796 |
Young, Elmer E. | Phoneixville | 1896-1897 |