Machine-made Flowerpots

Smaller pots around strawberry planter United States, 20th century

Artist/supplier: various makers, United States

Strawberry Planter

United States, c. 1950, glazed terracotta

Artist/supplier: Waymon Cole, United States

Mid-twentieth Century Pots

These machine-made pots are typical of what was produced in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. There were thousands of flowerpot designs and dozens of manufacturers, including McCoy, Roseville, Robinson Ramsbottom, Bauer, and Weller.

The elegant glazed strawberry planter is from central North Carolina and is attributed to potter Waymon Cole
Click on any other pots below for a close-up and information from the exhibit:
From the left column, going top to bottom: North Carolina pot, Lancaster County flowerpots, traditional Jugtown flowerpot, North Carolina pot.

From the right column, going top to bottom: Bartam pot, reconstructed pots from Mt. Vernon, reconstructed pots from Monticello.

 From the left column, going top to bottom: Pennsylvania-German flowerpot, Sarah Bixler flowerpot, Shenandoah pot, Maryland pot, Ohio pot, Bernard Klais pot, Galena flowerpots.

From the right column, going top to bottom: Norwich pots, Smith Centennial Celebration pot, Peabody pots, Hartford pots.