The Centennial Exhibition of 100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery ( 1890 -1930 ) drawn from the extensive collection of ceramics at the Newark Museum ( New Jersey), is featured below in this video. More ceramics from the Newark Museum : George E. Ohr (Biloxi Art Pottery) 1897-1900 George Ohr (1857–1918) was unquestionably the best thrower in the world in his day, and possibly even today. He was one of the first studio potters in America, working largely alone and overseeing every aspect of his work directly. Although his roots were in Southern folk pottery, Ohr was a scholar of
