A potter's progress : Emanuel Suter and the business of craft /
"Born into a traditional, Mennonite culture in 1833, Emanuel Suter cultivated the art of pottery and expanded markets across the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, creating a thriving company and leaving thousands of examples of utilitarian ceramic ware that have survived down to the present. Drawi...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Knoxville :
The University of Tennessee Press,
2020.
|
| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.26248936 |
| Summary: | "Born into a traditional, Mennonite culture in 1833, Emanuel Suter cultivated the art of pottery and expanded markets across the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, creating a thriving company and leaving thousands of examples of utilitarian ceramic ware that have survived down to the present. Drawing on the potter's detail-rich diary and numerous primary and secondary sources, Suter's great-great-grandson Scott Hamilton Suter tells the story of how a farmer with a seasonal sideline developed into a technologically advanced entrepreneur operating a modern industrial company. Enhanced by nearly two dozen color images and an examination of daily life in Suter's shops, this vivid case study shows how one craftsman's uncommon career path became a template for progress in late nineteenth-century America-a sign of the market economy to come"-- |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781621905370 1621905373 9781621905257 |