Robert Taggart Hall (1877 – 1920) was owner and sometime-president of
The Hall China Company
The Hall China Company was an American ceramics manufacturer located in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States, known for pioneering the single-fire glazing process. At the time of its closure, Hall China was one of two potteries under the HLC Inc. ...
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East Liverpool
East Liverpool is a city in southeastern Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,958 at the 2020 census. It lies along the Ohio River within the Upper Ohio Valley and borders Pennsylvania to the east and West Virginia to th ...
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Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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Single-fire at Hall China
When Robert Taggart Hall took over the running of Hall China in 1904, he was determined to develop a single-fire range. Together with staff chemists and ceramic engineers, he experimented over seven years. Finally, in 1911, Hall and his staff were successful.
Lead-free ware by accident
Inadvertently,
Hall China developed a completely lead-free glaze. This was due not to particular health or environmental considerations, but that lead wouldn't survive the high firing temperatures required of their single-fire process.
External links
Museum Of Ceramics
1877 births
1920 deaths
20th-century American inventors
People from East Liverpool, Ohio
Engineers from Ohio
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