My latest research article is published on page 45 in the current June 30 issue of Antiques And The Arts Weekly, titled, Guy Daugherty: A Roadside Craftsmen Potter.
Link to current issue: http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/odn/aaw/default.aspx#
Link to PDF of story: https://www.scribd.com/document/655268470/0630-D-045-ANA-Guy-Daugherty-Roadside-Craftsmen
And for those interested - I also want to note that Bruce Austin, a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York has written a more comprehensive history of this business in his book that was recently published by the State University of New York Press, titled, Tourists and Trade: Roadside Craftsmen and the Highway Transforming Craft.
Link to buy book: https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/Tourists-and-Trade
New Published Story in Antiques And The Arts Weekly
New Published Story in June 30 Issue of Antiques And The Arts Weekly
Guy Daugherty: A Roadside Craftsmen Potter
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However, I also spent the better part of last week in Western New York in order to work on my forthcoming ninth book at the
Rochester Museum & Science Center's storage facility in Rochester, New York. The title of the book is
America's Great Awakening and Migration: The Red Earthenware of Western New York, whereas I am anticipating a late 2023 or early 2024 publication date.
But while I was in this part of New York, I also had some time to pick through a few of the area's shops and visit the last site of the Roadside Craftsmen, where the building is now used by the New Hope Fellowship Church in East Bloomfield, New York; also shown in the pictures is a good double-handled vase or urn that I found that was likely made by James Maloney (1912-2005) at the Williamsburg Pottery, another roadside attraction located in Virginia, circa late 1930s to early 1950s.
Interestingly, the ideas were similar to how pottery was sold at the Williamsburg Pottery and at the Roadside Craftsmen, although I think the wares made in East Bloomfield are a lot more difficult to find today. Furthermore, the Williamsburg factory was founded in 1938 and attracted hundreds of visitors daily with the most common produced objects being colorfully glazed miniatures pitchers, ewers and jugs often found in the antique trade today. From my experience, these types of larger objects are a lot rarer to find.
The Last Site of the Roadside Craftsmen in East Bloomfield, New York
The Building is Now Occupied by the New Hope Fellowship Church
Also Picture is a Good Vase or Urn Made by Virginia
It was Made at the Williamsburg Pottery in Virginia
Circa late 1930s-early1950s
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The Last Site of the Roadside Craftsmen in East Bloomfield, New York
The Building is Now Occupied by the New Hope Fellowship Church
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One of the Signs for the New Hope Fellowship Church
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20th Century Earthenware Urn or Floor Vase Found Near East Bloomfield, NY
Likely Made by James Maloney (1912-2005)
Made at the Williamsburg Pottery in Virginia
Probably Circa Late 1930s to Early 1950s
Stands 16" Tall
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A View of the Base
The Base is Marked "Williamsburg Hand-Made Pottery"
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Furthermore, I also found two miniature examples of Roadside Craftsmen pottery not that far from this location, although I am not positive if they were made by Guy Daugherty (1879-1958) or another potter working at the tourist attraction, probably in the 1940s. Each base is marked in ink
"Roadside Craftsmen / Hand Made / East Bloomfield, N.Y."Two Miniature Stoneware Objects Found Near East Bloomfield, New York
Both Made at the Roadside Craftsmen in East Bloomfield
Both Marked on the Base with the Company Stamp
Circa 1940s
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Another View of the Objects
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Another View of the Objects
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A View of the Marked Bases
Both are Marked "Roadside Craftsmen / Hand Made / East Bloomfield, N.Y."
Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...
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