Langley-Adams Library (Groveland)

The Saturday Evening Girls, Paul Revere Pottery, Meg Chalmers and Judy Young

eng

Includes bibliographical references (page 271) and index

contains biographical information

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The Saturday Evening Girls

bibliography

60414437

Meg Chalmers and Judy Young

Paul Revere Pottery

Among the Arts & Crafts potteries of early 20th century, the Saturday Evening Girls (SEG) Paul Revere Pottery holds a special place. Founded in Boston around 1907 the pottery gave young women the chance to learn a trade and the skills needed to run a business. It was a success, creating forms and decorative designs that are cherished by connoisseurs and collectors today. This long-awaited and eagerly anticipated source book is the most comprehensive reference on the Saturday Evening Girls Paul Revere Pottery ever published, and the only book that exclusively chronicles its history and art. It is an essential and important reference for beginning as well as advanced collectors. Included are 675 color photos and historic catalogs and illustrations, making up the largest archive of SEG material gathered in one place. The marks and artists' signatures are illustrated as an aid for identification. The pots they made, in all their forms, are carefully described and, for the collector and appraiser, their value on the current market is estimated. A chapter on collecting explores the passion that leads to collecting as well as stories, venues and helpful hints. Written with warmth, humor, passion, and scholarship, this gem of a book fills a void in the existing literature, becoming the quintessential resource on an important and increasingly well-recognized American Art Pottery

1. The story. Setting the stage -- The women and the pottery -- The birth of the pottery -- The Saturday Evening Girls, the artists -- 2. The product. The pottery -- 3. Factors which influence value. Rarity -- Desirability -- Condition -- Time frame -- Artistry, composition, execution and complication of design -- 4. Comments on collecting. The pottery becomes personal -- Venues for collecting -- Tales from the front, the thrill of the hunt