Lonhuda pottery produced by the Lonhuda Pottery Company of

Steubenville, Ohio Steubenville is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Ohio River 33 miles west of Pittsburgh, it had a population of 18,161 at the 2020 census. The city's name is derived from Fort Steuben, a ...

was a

pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and ...

business founded in 1892 by William Long (1844–1918) with investors W.H. Hunter and Alfred Day. The pottery business utilized underglaze

faience Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip of a lead glaze, was a major a ...

. It is known for brown underglaze and slip-decoration. The firm closed in 1896. Marks vary and include the letters LPCO and the Lonhuda name above a feathered head. The ceramicist

Laura Anne Fry Laura Anne Fry (born January 22, 1857–1943) was an American artist who specialized in wood carving, ceramics, and china painting. She worked at both the Rookwood Pottery Company and the Lonhuda Pottery Company as a ceramic painter and teacher, ...

worked for Lonhuda in 1892–93."Fry, Laura A. (1857-1943)"
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