Potter
Wheeling Pottery
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia
Origins
American
Manufacturing Era
1870s
1880s
1890s
20th Century
Treatment(s)
Gold Lustre
Type(s) of Ware
Bath
Dinnerware
Body Style(s)
Motif
Tea Leaf
Description
Wheeling Pottery Co. (1879-1923) was organized by George K. Wheat, William A. Isert and Edward Meakin Pearson. Mr. Pearson served as General Manager. He was a former Staffordshire potter connected to many of the principal members of the pottery industry in England. Wheeling Pottery became one of the largest potteries in the U.S. consisting of fifteen kilns and thirteen decorating kilns.