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Glidden Pottery

Glidden Pottery produced unique stoneware, dinnerware and artware in Alfred, New York from 1940 to 1957. The company was established by Glidden Parker, who had studied ceramics at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Glidden Pottery's mid-century designs combined molded stoneware forms with hand-painted decoration. The New Yorker magazine described Glidden Pottery as "distinguished by a mat surface, soft color combinations, and, in general, well-thought-out forms that one won't see duplicated in other wares". Gliddenware was sold in leading department stores across the country. Examples of Glidden Pottery can occasionally be seen in television programs from the era, such as I Love Lucy.

History
Origins During a trip to Alfred, New York to visit family, Glidden Parker became interested in ceramics and applied to become a special graduate student at the New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University beginning in 1937. Parker studied with professors Katherine Nelson (painting), Marion Fosdick (ceramics), Don Schreckengost (ceramic industrial design) and Charles Harder (ceramics). Parker's wife Pat (Harriet Patricia Hamill) who also studied ceramics at Alfred, developed many of the glazes. In 1949, Glidden Pottery started producing some of the ware using a RAM press, which was a newly developed process for shaping clay products by pressing clay between two molds or dies. In 1954, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz bought service for 48 for use in their home in California. Glidden Pottery was also used in Lucy and Ricky's New York City apartment in I Love Lucy. In 1955, Parker opened Glidden Galleries in Alfred, New York to be a showroom for Glidden Pottery and an outlet for discontinued pieces and seconds. It also provided gallery space for other artists to display their work. Glidden Galleries remained in business until 1970. Factory closing In the late 1950s, imported pottery from Italy and Japan began to flood the US market which had a major impact on American pottery companies. Despite continued critical success with award-winning designs, Glidden Pottery was not able to compete with imports and ceased production in December 1957. == Designers ==
Designers
Glidden Parker was the principal designer for the company he founded and is credited with the design of all of the shapes until 1950. Fong Chow (b. Tianjin, China, 1923–2012) joined Glidden Pottery as a designer in 1953 after graduating from Alfred University and continued with the company until it closed in 1957. In addition to designing shapes and decoration, Fong Chow developed glazes and came up with the names for the product lines he developed. == Awards and museum exhibitions ==
Awards and museum exhibitions
When Glidden Pottery was in operation, its designs were recognized in museum exhibitions. • Ceramic National exhibitions 1947, 1949, 1951, and 1952. Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (now the Everson Museum). Purchase prize in 1949 for "best ceramic design suitable for mass production." • Good Design, September 22 – November 29, 1953, Museum of Modern Art. Glidden Pottery can be found in the permanent collections of several museums: • Alfred Ceramic Art Museum • Cooper-Hewett • Everson Museum == References ==
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