On November 3rd, 2008 John Bacon, DEV (not verified) says:
I have a nice Pewabic frog on my desk here at NYPL that I use as a paperweight, a souvenir of a trip a few summers back to Detroit.
Those who are interested in this kind of work should also look up the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (not far from Trenton and even closer to New Hope). Their work appears on/in many buildings throughout the Middle Atlantic states and here in New York City (like the Gainsborough Studios at 222 Central Park South), and the tile works are but a day trip away. Be sure to include the nearby Fonthill and Mercer Museums if you are in Doylestown, as they more fully document the amazing life and passions of the tile works' founder, Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930).
Pewabic paperweight; art tiles closer to NYC
I have a nice Pewabic frog on my desk here at NYPL that I use as a paperweight, a souvenir of a trip a few summers back to Detroit.
Those who are interested in this kind of work should also look up the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (not far from Trenton and even closer to New Hope). Their work appears on/in many buildings throughout the Middle Atlantic states and here in New York City (like the Gainsborough Studios at 222 Central Park South), and the tile works are but a day trip away. Be sure to include the nearby Fonthill and Mercer Museums if you are in Doylestown, as they more fully document the amazing life and passions of the tile works' founder, Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930).