Potter
Wick China Company
Location
Wickboror (Kittaning), Pennsylvania
Origins
American
Manufacturing Era
1880s
1890s
20th Century
Treatment(s)
Gold Lustre
Type(s) of Ware
Bath
Dinnerware
Motif
Tea Leaf
Description
John Wick Jr. founded Wick China Company (1889-1913) as well as the town of Wickboro in Pennsylvania. Prior to forming this pottery, Mr. Wick was one of the operators of Ford China company in Ford City, Pennsylvania. Mr. Wick built a pottery, a school and donated land for commercial enterprises all to make the town that bore his name a viable entity. The pottery. which was located on North Water Street in Wickboro, was destroyed in a fire in 1914.