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With the help of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters, Homer Laughlin joined rival pottery makers Knowles, Hall, Cronin, and Paden City to form a collaborative exhibit, The American Potter, during the New York Worlds fair. Operating a kiln on the grounds, a wide variety of ceramics were created and sold as souvenirs, including the present examples.
Ink-stamped manufacturer's mark to underside of each example ‘The American Potter New York Wrold's Fair 1940 Joint Exhibit of Capital and Labor’.
provenance: Important Private Collection