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old FULPER Arts Crafts Pottery VASE 3 Handle #864404

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old FULPER Arts Crafts Pottery VASE 3 Handle #864404
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mottled apple green to violet mat glaze</em></td>
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With an attractive mottled apple green to violet mat glaze this vase would make a great gift or addition to any fine collection.

FULPER POTTERY Background:
The company that became Fulper Pottery was begun in 1814 in Flemington, New Jersey by a young Samuel Hill, a potter originally from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Hill was a utilitarian potter and Hill Pottery produced drain pipes and storage crocks and jars from Flemington's red earthenware clay.

Upon Samuel Hill's death in 1858, pottery worker Abram Fulper began purchasing Hill Pottery from the Hill estate. By the 1860s, the company now owned by Abram Fulper (also known as Abraham) was called Fulper Pottery. By this time the company was producing an assortment of earthenware, stoneware and tile products.

Abram Fulper's sons continued the pottery after his passing. The company became known as Fulper Bros. or Fulper Bros. & Co. during the 1880s. Products continued to be utilitarian stoneware and household crockery and tile.

In 1899, the company was incorporated as Fulper Pottery Co. Secretary and treasurer of the company was William Hill Fulper II, grandson of Abram, graduate of Princeton University and veteran of the Spanish-American War. The company at that time was producing more household items such as storage jars and Fire-Proof Cookware.

Fulper's most notable product at the turn of the century was the patented Germ-Proof Filter. Forerunner to today's "water cooler" the filters were exceedingly popular at a ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:Circa 1915</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:6.75</td></tr>



<tr><td>Title:old FULPER Arts Crafts Pottery VASE 3 Handle</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Long Island, NY</td></tr>
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