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Posted March 1st, 2010
HOMESPUN CERAMICS: STICK SPATTER
by Virginia Larsen
Stick spatter ware, a relative of true spatterware and spongeware, featured bright hand painted decoration combined with repetitive cut sponge designs on earthenware from the 19th century. Although popular in many markets, it was especially appealing to the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Originally advertised as "suitable for the country trade", it actually dominated the Canadian market for half a century. Manufactured in England and on the continent, this untutored decorated dishware is now considered a decorative art form.
Bibliography
Robacker, Earl F. "Stick spatter ware" Antiques Magazine,
551 Fifth Ave. New York, NY pp. 245-251 February 1971.
Greaser, Arlene and Paul, Homespun Ceramics, Wallace Homestead Book Co.,
Des Moines, IA, 1973.
Robacker, Earl F. and Ada F., Spatterware and Sponge, A.S. Barnes and Co.,
Cranbury, New Jersey, 1978.
Kelly, Henry and Kowalski, Arnold and Dorothy, Spongeware 1835-1935, Schiffer Pub. Ltd.,
Atglen, PA,, 2001.
Graber, Sharon, "The Art of Stick Spatter", Country Living Magazine,
Hearst Communications, pp. 38-40, September 2005.