Rookwood Pottery, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, began as a small pottery shop in 1880, and grew to a company acclaimed internationally for the beauty and quality of its ceramics. Rookwood artist John Dee Wareham joined the Rookwood decorating department in 1893, became the director of the art department, and ultimately, the president of Rookwood Pottery, a job he held from 1934 until his retirement.
Wareham’s technical skills and artistic ability are evident in a rare grouping of his work from the Lillian C. Hoffman Collection of American and European Ceramics, on sale at Rago Auctions on March 1, 2014. The collection is notable for both Rookwood Pottery and Martin Brothers, and comes to market for the first time in nearly four decades.
The online catalog can be browsed in its entirety as of February 13 at ragoarts.com, and the exhibition opens on February 22. For more information, please call 609.397.9374 or email info@ragoarts.com.
