Mark with oval logo with "rookwood pottery 207 | #463617

This particular trademark was made by the Rookwood Pottery Company. It was used around 1883. In 1880, Cincinnatian Maria Longworth Nichols established Rookwood, a pottery named after her father’s estate. She was inspired by American, French, and Japanese pottery she saw the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. By the early 1930s, the company was experiencing financial difficulties. Rookwood filed for bankruptcy protection in 1941. In 1982, Arthur Townley, a Rookwood collector, bought the company to prevent its assets from being shipped overseas. He mothballed the company. In 2004, Townley sold the company to an investor group with a passion for Rookwood pottery. In 2011, Martin and Marilyn Wade assumed control of Rookwood Pottery. The pottery is now located at 1920 Race Street in Cincinnati.