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Creator: Cowan Pottery
Viktor Schreckengost Vase with Fish Cowan Pottery
By Cowan Pottery, Viktor Schreckengost
Located in Chicago, IL
Viktor Schreckengost Vase with Fish for Cowan Pottery
Drypoint decorated glazed earthenware
Size : 6½ h × 5½ w in
Impressed studio mark to underside ‘Cowan’.
Literature: Cowan Potter...
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1930s American Vintage Cowan Pottery Decorative Objects
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Earthenware
Waylande Gregory for Cowan Pottery Coral Flamingo Centerpiece Planter Set 1929
By Waylande Gregory, Cowan Pottery
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Waylande Gregory Coral Flamingo Centerpiece and Planter, Cowan Pottery, Ohio, USA, 1928-1931. Marked "COWAN" under flamingo.
Waylande Desantis Gregory (1905 Baxter Springs, Kansas – 1971, New Jersey) was one of the most innovative and prolific American art-deco ceramics sculptors of the early 20th century. His groundbreaking techniques enabled him to create monumental ceramic sculpture, such as the Fountain of the Atoms and Light Dispelling Darkness, which had hitherto not been possible. He also developed revolutionary glazing and processing methods, and was a seminal figure in the studio glass movement.
The Cowan Pottery Studio was founded by R. Guy Cowan in Lakewood, Ohio, United States in 1912. It moved to Rocky River, Ohio in 1920, and operated until 1931, when the financial stress of the Great Depression resulted in its bankruptcy. Cowan Pottery produced both artistic and commercial work in a variety of styles influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Deco, Chinese ceramics, and modern sculpture.
During its two decades of operation, a number of well-known Cleveland School artists worked with Cowan at the studio: Elizabeth Anderson, Arthur Eugene Baggs, Alexander Blazys, Paul Bogatay, Edris Eckhardt, Waylande Gregory, A. Drexler Jacobson, among many others. With the exception of Guy Cowan, himself, Waylande Gregory designed more pieces for the pottery than anyone else.
Gregory joined R. Guy Cowan in Rocky River, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, in 1928, where he became the leading sculptor of the Cowan Pottery studio. Unlike his contemporaries at Cowan Pottery, who were primarily influenced by Viennese modern...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Cowan Pottery Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
"Mountain Goat Humidor, " Art Deco Lidded Container with Teal-Turquoise Glaze
By Cowan Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most charming and rare of the many ceramic creations issued by the Cowan company in suburban Cleveland, this humidor depicts a baby mountain goat atop a peaked humidor, th...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Cowan Pottery Decorative Objects
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Ceramic
"Phoenix Bowl", Large, Low Art Deco Bowl w/ Phoenix Motif by Gregory for Cowan
By Cowan Pottery, Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bathed in a vivid, fresh jade green glaze, this large and rare low bowl featuring a Phoenix bird at its center, its wings outstretched, was designed by Waylande Gregory for Cowan Pot...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Cowan Pottery Decorative Objects
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Ceramic
"Atalanta and Hound, " Large, Rare Jade-Green Art Deco Wall-Mounted Bowl, Cowan
By Cowan Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly glazed in a vivid, jade green glaze, this large and rare wall-mounted shallow bowl was designed by Waylande Gregory for Cowan Pottery at the height of its success during ...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Cowan Pottery Decorative Objects
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Ceramic
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Cowan Pottery decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Cowan Pottery decorative objects are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Cowan Pottery decorative objects, although blue editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original decorative objects by Cowan Pottery were created in the Art Deco style in united states during the early 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider decorative objects by Oscar Bruno Bach, Louis Vincent Aronson, and T. G. Hawkes & Comapny. Prices for Cowan Pottery decorative objects can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,500 and can go as high as $9,800, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,700.
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- Where was Cowan pottery made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025Cowan pottery was made in two different places. In 1912, R. Guy Cowan established his workshop on a farm in Lakewood, Ohio. He ceased production to serve in World War I. After returning from the war, he opened his new production facility in Rocky River, Ohio. The company shuttered in 1931. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Cowan pottery.