Potter
Pioneer Pottery
Location
Wellsville, West Virginia
Origins
American
Manufacturing Era
1880s
1890s
20th Century
Treatment(s)
Gold Lustre
Type(s) of Ware
Dinnerware
Body Style(s)
Motif
Tea Leaf
Description
Pioneer Pottery Co. (1884-1900) was founded by Hamer Michaels, I. B. Clark and George Morley. Before 1884 they operated a two kiln pottery in Wellsville, West Virginia as Morley & Co. Morley withdrew in 1884 and the pottery continued under the name Pioneer Pottery until 1890 when the pottery closed. Then this pottery becamee known as Wellsville China Co.