Pennsylvania German Arts and Antiques

Historic Pennsylvania Potters in Berks-Mont News

"At first, antiquarians assumed these were imported until they realized the inscriptions were in Pennsylvania Dutch and not High German."

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The Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies

"The guild and Nicodemus Center also sponsor the annual Cumberland Valley Pottery Festival, a clay only celebration of the ceramic arts featuring 25 regional studio potters, held at Renfrew Park on the third Saturday of September."

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The Breininger Sale on Philly.com

"With Pennsylvania German roots going back nine generations, it is no surprise that Berks County residents Lester and Barbara Breininger assembled traditional arts and crafts of that community with a comprehensiveness hard to exceed."

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Lester Breininger's Pottery Tradition Continues Onward

 
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"Lester Breininger, the potter who revitalized Pennsylvania German redware, wasn't signing his work at the 42nd annual sale due to the onset of Alzheimer's disease. The porch sale marked the end of an era for Pennsylvania Dutch crafts because it was the final one, as several employees are leaving to set up their own business and carry on the redware tradition."

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"My Name is Mud" Exhibition in Reading, PA

"Calling themselves the Nolde Forest Potters, ceramic artists Wesley Muckey and Greg Zieber have installed close to 50 plates, jugs and vases in the Schmidt Gallery of the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts."

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Stahl's Pottery Festival in Zionville

"Stahl’s Pottery Preservation Society will present its 24^th Annual Summer Pottery Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 18, rain or shine."

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Pennsylvania Earthenware at the Brandywine Museum

"An exhibition of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century redware made and used in southeastern Pennsylvania will be on view at the Brandywine River Museum in "Seeing Red: Southeastern Pennsylvania Earthenware from Winterthur," starting May 28."

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Enthusiasm for the Elgin Collection

"Eugene and Dorothy Elgin were well-known, discerning collectors of Pennsylvania German folk art. Most everything in their collection came from country auctions or private homes in York, Adams and Cumberland counties."

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Pennsylvania German Exhibit at the Lehigh Valley Heritage Center

"Opening Saturday, the exhibit ontains more than150 items ranging from red ware pottery to colorfully painted dower chests to painstakingly decorated manuscripts called frakturs. The items fill two galleries, the atrium and balcony of the museum."

"Curator Jill Youngken, whose grandfather grew up speaking only Pennsylvania German, says she hopes to show the surprising contributions the German immigrants in Pennsylvania have made."

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Pennsylvania German Exhibit at Allentown's Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum

"Visitors to a local museum might want to brush up on their Pennsylvania Dutch language skills."

"The Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum in Allentown is getting ready for a big exhibit on the influence of Old World Germans who settled here."

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