Friday, August 9, 2024

Moravian Pottery & Tile Works (8/9/2024)

Friday, August 9, 2024
A visit to the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works in Doylestown, PA.
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works (1911-1912, by
Henry Chapman Mercer in Spanish Mission style
using poured concrete like his home and museum)
Examples of decorative tiles designed by Mercer,
the leading artistic tile maker in the
American Arts and Crafts Movement
Tiles of the Zodiac
Heating for the kiln
Harry Cheeseman Moucer is a mouse
version of Henry Chapman Mercer
Moravian star, although there is
no connection to Moravia
View of fireplace from the second level
Some of Mercer's collection of pre-industrial
tools and household objects
Tile-decorated fireplace mantel
Mixer for the "wild" Bucks County
clay that is squeezed first through mesh to
remove foreign objects and then through the
rectangular hole to create a slab of clay
The slab is then cut with wires to create blocks
Plastic-wrapped blocks are then lowered
to the basement for storage
Creating a mosaic tile
Quarry tile are squares to be used in flooring
Samples of creating two-colored tiles
Very large molds
Mosaic tile puzzle for visitors to try
Courtyard
Mini clay decorative pieces
Tiles for sale in the shop
Larger decorative tile
Relief decorative tile
Tile "doormat" at the entrance with
the tile works logo of a dragon
When we arrived in Providence, RI, we went to
Caserta's Pizza for our favorite Wimpy Skippy

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