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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joe2007, post: 1472146, member: 1262&quot;]Please post your McCoy Pottery! All pieces and lines from all companies bearing the McCoy name welcome! Lets see them all!</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: The early history of McCoy Pottery is fairly complex due to the fact that the McCoy family members owned or were partners in several enterprises using the McCoy name. The Nelson McCoy Pottery Company is the entity that produced many of the pieces that collectors associate with the zenith of McCoy art pottery.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In 1848 W. Nelson McCoy &amp; W.F McCoy started a pottery business in Zanesville, Ohio which produced stoneware crocks and jugs. In 1899 the J.W. McCoy was started in Roseville, Ohio making stoneware crocks and then several lines of art pottery until it merged to form Brush-McCoy with several other small local potteries in 1911. In 1910 the Nelson McCoy Sanitary Stoneware Company was founded in Roseville, Ohio making stoneware churns, jars, and jugs in both utilitarian and decorative wares. They chose their Roseville location for the easy availability of clay which for their operations and for several of their local competitors. This company reorganized to become the Nelson McCoy Pottery Company in 1933 and soon after changed its focus to art pottery and floral designs with the addition of a brand new tunnel kiln and many other upgrades to the latest technology to increase production. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now able to target more affluent consumers they added many more shapes to their production lines including Jardinieres &amp; Pedestals, Umbrella Stands, Vases and other decor products. The despression greatly impacted the pottery business in the 1930&#039;s and they banded together with other local potteries to market and merchandise their wares. The company fourished in the 1940&#039;s and reaped substancial profits at the time. New massive circular kilns 50 feet wide allowed for thousands of pieces at a time to be produced. The pottery produce land mines during war time and expanded their cookie jar lines during peacetime. In 1950 a great fire decimated the production facilities for McCoy pottery and the family rebuilt with the latest technology becoming the largest producer of pottery in the U.S. and distributed vast amounts of their wares. At its zenith the company employed up to 450 employees. </p><p><br /></p><p>In 1967 the company was sold to Mount Clemens Pottery Company and then was sold again in 1974 to Lancaster Colony Corporation. The company finally ceased production and closed in 1990. In the last few decades it had faced increasing competition from overseas producers in the end wasn&#039;t able to compete with an ever increasing wave of cheap imported wares. </p><p><br /></p><p>To many McCoy Pottery collectors the 1940&#039;s and 1950&#039;s are the most popular time periods to collect. Unfortunately there are numerous fakes and reproductions out there for collectors to avoid. In recent decades large quantities of fakes and reproductions have been imported from overseas by wholesalers. To make things worse, these fakes can be difficult to spot due to the utilitarianess of McCoy&#039;s wares. Many cookie jars have been faked in large quantities and some jars bearing McCoy&#039;s mark are fakes originally produced by Hull Pottery. As with other art pottery the market for McCoy is very weak and prices are currently down considerably. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please post photos of your collection and have any comments or info you may have regarding the subject matter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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