All tiles are handmade
and are individual
works of art. No two
are the same, each tile
hand drawn and
painted.
Each tile is signed and equipped with a
notch for hanging unless otherwise
noted
and are individual
works of art. No two
are the same, each tile
hand drawn and
painted.
Each tile is signed and equipped with a
notch for hanging unless otherwise
noted
The Saturday Evening Girls Club
(SEG) was one of many library reading
groups developed in Boston's North
End by reform-minded local
philanthropists to educate and
assimilate immigrant girls and to keep
them "off the streets." The Saturday
Evening group included the oldest
girls, many of whom had dropped out
of school in order to contribute to their
family's income. The Paul Revere
Pottery was established to offer these
girls a healthy and safe environment to
earn their wages, surrounded by their
peers. The SEGs, as they came to call
themselves, decorated the Pottery's
bowls, plates, vases, and other forms
with stylized imagery of animals,
flowers, landscapes, and other designs
in earthy tones of blue, green, yellow
and brown. The playful ceramics could
be personalized with names, initials, or
moralistic mottos.
The vast majority of works in the
collection were decorated by one of
the Pottery's best artists, Sara Galner,
the mother of the collection's donor.
Galner, a Jewish immigrant from
Austria-Hungary, joined the reading
club as a young girl and later worked
at the Pottery until her marriage.
Objects bearing her signature span at
least ten years, including some of the
earliest years of the Pottery's
production and the height of their
artistic achievement and success in
the mid-1910s. Examples of her work
show the Pottery's efforts to refine
both materials and technique, as well
as Galner's own refinement and
maturity as an artist.
(SEG) was one of many library reading
groups developed in Boston's North
End by reform-minded local
philanthropists to educate and
assimilate immigrant girls and to keep
them "off the streets." The Saturday
Evening group included the oldest
girls, many of whom had dropped out
of school in order to contribute to their
family's income. The Paul Revere
Pottery was established to offer these
girls a healthy and safe environment to
earn their wages, surrounded by their
peers. The SEGs, as they came to call
themselves, decorated the Pottery's
bowls, plates, vases, and other forms
with stylized imagery of animals,
flowers, landscapes, and other designs
in earthy tones of blue, green, yellow
and brown. The playful ceramics could
be personalized with names, initials, or
moralistic mottos.
The vast majority of works in the
collection were decorated by one of
the Pottery's best artists, Sara Galner,
the mother of the collection's donor.
Galner, a Jewish immigrant from
Austria-Hungary, joined the reading
club as a young girl and later worked
at the Pottery until her marriage.
Objects bearing her signature span at
least ten years, including some of the
earliest years of the Pottery's
production and the height of their
artistic achievement and success in
the mid-1910s. Examples of her work
show the Pottery's efforts to refine
both materials and technique, as well
as Galner's own refinement and
maturity as an artist.
This piece has been donated to the
Saint Philip the Apostle School and will
be will be available at auction on
March 24th
Saint Philip the Apostle School and will
be will be available at auction on
March 24th
Sarah Gutierrez Sassafras Pottery
Beautiful Pottery inspired by the Arts
and Crafts Movement. The attention
to detail is evident in each piece that
she creates.
Beautiful Pottery inspired by the Arts
and Crafts Movement. The attention
to detail is evident in each piece that
she creates.
The handmade ceramics of the Paul
Revere Pottery, often enlivened with
stylized images of animals, flowers or
abstract patterns, are best known
today by the name of the girls' club
whose members created the wares:
the Saturday Evening Girls (SEG).
Local reformers organized this club in
1899 to provide cultural activities for
young Italian and Jewish immigrant
girls of Boston's North End. Under the
guidance of designer and illustrator
Edith Brown, and as a way of helping
with difficult family finances, the group
soon turned to crafts. Before long,
SEG ceramics had caught on, and
were being sold through department
stores in cities throughout the Eastern
United States; though their success
was largely curtailed by World War I,
the pottery continued to operate until
1942. Today, SEG ware is highly
collectible.
Revere Pottery, often enlivened with
stylized images of animals, flowers or
abstract patterns, are best known
today by the name of the girls' club
whose members created the wares:
the Saturday Evening Girls (SEG).
Local reformers organized this club in
1899 to provide cultural activities for
young Italian and Jewish immigrant
girls of Boston's North End. Under the
guidance of designer and illustrator
Edith Brown, and as a way of helping
with difficult family finances, the group
soon turned to crafts. Before long,
SEG ceramics had caught on, and
were being sold through department
stores in cities throughout the Eastern
United States; though their success
was largely curtailed by World War I,
the pottery continued to operate until
1942. Today, SEG ware is highly
collectible.
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Sassafrass Pottery, Pottery created in
the spirit of the Saturday Evening
Girls. Hand crafted, unique designs,
all designed, hand thrown and
decorated by Sarah Gutierrez.
the spirit of the Saturday Evening
Girls. Hand crafted, unique designs,
all designed, hand thrown and
decorated by Sarah Gutierrez.
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