Decorated stoneware from the weitsman collection it is not about collecting the pieces. Things to do in the berkshires and southern vermont, sept. Traces the history of north american saltglazed stoneware focusing on the range and variety of its ornamentation and motifs. During the past few years there has been an enormous increase in the number of people interested in pottery as a creative medium, and particularly an increase of interest in highfired ceramics. Weitsman began collecting stoneware in 1980 when he was 11 years old. Part of the adam weitsman stoneware collection, 3 gal stoneware jug. Material culture archives page 16 of 17 new york almanack. Weitsman acquired the stoneware illustrated in this article during the last two years.
Booth and ferrier interiors walked into what became adam and kim weitsman s. As curator of decorative arts at the new york state museum from 1967 to 2009 and now historian emeritus, scherer is particularly well qualified to write this book. We had a few important pieces of stoneware, but nowhere near the quality that adam donated. An owego stoneware collector helped identify the great finds, and soon adam and his father were buying pieces together. Adam weitsman and i may have grown up only nine years and 110 miles. The past 15 years of upstate shredding owner adam weitsman s life are fit for the pages of a book. American stoneware wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. As for recycling entrepreneur adam weitsman, when it came to paying tribute to his wife, kimi had no. Adam weitsman is the owner and ceo of upstate shredding weitsman recycling.
Scrap metal mogul donates worldclass art collection to state museum. Through the generosity of adam weitsman, the new york state museum has on display in their albany, n. New york state museum, a copiously illustrated and scholarly analysis of the single most important collection of 19th century american decorated stoneware. Adam weitsman bio, age, family, wife, twins, net worth, house. Potters often decorated stoneware with designs painted with a cobalt blue pigment. Photo about several examples of adam weitsman s collection of new york state stoneware, displayed under glass, albany state museum,2016. Unique stoneware jug depicting entertainment acquired. Buy products related to stoneware dishes and see what customers say about stoneware dishes on free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Dec 22, 2011 weitsman, president of upstate shredding, also donated a monumental jug, two water coolers considered important by the museum and a gallon jug decorated with the image of a ship. State museum showing major stoneware exhibit the new york.
Look inside this renovated upstate new york lakeside getaway. New york stoneware in its permanent home in albany. The predominant houseware of the era, it was usually covered in a salt glaze and often decorated using cobalt oxide to produce bright blue decoration. The adam weitsman stoneware collection at the new york state.
Scrap metal mogul donates worldclass art collection to. In many ways stoneware and porcelain are ideal mediums for individual expression in ceramics, and i. The new york state museum has announced the publication of its new book, art for the people. Braun, of buffalo, around 1890 is one of the pieces in adam weitsmans stoneware collection at the new york state museum. The book is a careful study of ordinary forms and their humble. In 1986, weitsman graduated from owego free academy. Winterthur, abby aldrich rockefeller, and shelburne museums are examples of institutions containing definitive antique stoneware of superior detail and craftsmanship. In 1996 he donated one hundred and twenty pieces to the new york state museum in albany.
Adam weitsman collected his first piece of stoneware in 1980 at age 11 and the experience sparked his passion for the genre. Stoneware bailed common jug with albany slip glaze finish on the top, made in red wing, goodhue county, minnesota. Weitsman in the frontispiece of the newly published art for the people. Currently, he is the owner and chief executive officer ceo of upstate shredding weitsman recycling. Weitsman began collecting the 19thcentury stoneware and owned 60 pieces by 1982. Buy stoneware adams pottery and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Adam weitsman, 26, may be noblesse in the antiques world. Adam and his father, both impressed with the good stuff they had seen, were hooked. Weitsman began collecting american stoneware at age 11 and made his first donation of more than 120 pieces to the museum in 1996. The predominant houseware of the era, citation needed it was usually covered in a salt glaze and often decorated using cobalt oxide to produce bright blue decoration.
Weitsman of owego, new york, developed an early interest in decorated stoneware at the age of eleven. Weitsman of owego acquired all of the stoneware in the exhibition and loaned or donated the pieces to the state museum. Scrap king adam weitsman sues exemployee for libel over. Weitsman began collecting stoneware at the age of 11 after he and his father dug up two stoneware beer bottles on their property. Oct 24, 2015 american decorated stoneware serves as a focal point for many folk art collections. Lake influenced decor in weitsmans skaneateles home. Scrap metal mogul donates worldclass art collection to state. Jun 14, 2014 scrap metal mogul donates worldclass art collection to state museum. His growing scrapmetal business has given him all a man could want, it seems. They took the pieces to a local stoneware collector for identification and subsequently were invited to view his collection. The jug is currently on exhibit at the new york state museum, along with forty other pieces of the weitsman stoneware collection, and will be featured in a forthcoming book, art for the people. State museum showing major stoneware exhibit the new.
Braun, of buffalo, around 1890 is one of the pieces in adam weitsman s stoneware collection at the new york state museum. Adam weitsman is an american entrepreneur and philanthropist, who was born and brought up in owego, ny united states of america. Weitsman was born and raised in owego, ny weitsman developed an interest in art collecting early in life after his father and grandfather discovered two early american stoneware bottles during an excavation project in their scrap yard in 1980. The acrobat jug is currently on exhibit at the new york state museum, along with forty other pieces of the weitsman stoneware collection, and the piece will be featured in a forthcoming book. The adam weitsman stoneware collection at the new york. The owner of a southern tier scrap metal business is suing a former worker for libel over the. American stoneware is a type of stoneware pottery popular in 19th century north america. The collection demonstrates how new york state was a leading manufacturer of stoneware throughout the nineteenth century. Decorated stoneware from the weitsman collection by john l. May 3, 2015 american decorated stoneware serves as a focal point for many folk art collections. He owns several restaurants throughout upstate new york, including the krebs restaurant his wife kim owns.
State museum announces publication of the illustrated book. Decorated stoneware from the weitsman collection, which highlights the multimillion dollar stoneware collection he donated to the new york. By 1982, he had over 60 pieces of stoneware and often researched for who made them, for which the teenager got noticed by antique journals. Businessman adam weitsmans stoneware collection featured. Adam weitsman bio, facts, family life, achievements. In conjunction with the publication of art for the people, a companion book to the weitsman stoneware collection at the new york state museum, adam weitsman and john scherer nysm historian emeritus present some of the collections most interesting pieces. Salt glaze pottery 5 gallon churn probably a decorator from bennington vt who went to canada american folk art old butter churn. Weitsman developed an interest in art collecting early in life after his father and grandfather discovered two early american stoneware bottles during an. Several pieces of new york state stoneware, part of adam. Stoneware and porcelain the art of high fired potterynook book.
Stoneware books home stoneware selections pottery billheads stoneware collecting archives paul cushman. Exhibition catalog published in 2007 by the albany institute of history and art. Adam weitsman got hooked on collecting stoneware in 1980, and at the age of 11, weitsman, along with his father, harold f. New york state museum acquires rare stoneware acrobat jug. Weitsman developed an interest in art collecting early in life after his father and grandfather discovered two early american stoneware bottles during an excavation project in their scrap yard in 1980. Businessman adam weitsmans stoneware collection featured in. Weitsman s stoneware collection is the subject of a beautifully produced new catalog, art for the people. Adam weitsman new york stoneware collection, at home in albany the new york times new york stoneware in its permanent home in albany. The book is a careful study of ordinary forms and their humble, utilitarian purposes that became vessels for an expression.
Adam weitsman began his stoneware collection in 1980 at the age of eleven and has continued collecting stoneware ever since. Adam weitsman new york stoneware collection, at home in. Weitsman was 11, his father, harold, a scrapmetal dealer, dug up two stoneware beer bottles on their property. The william morgan circa 1822 stoneware cooler from baltimore brought the secondhighest price ever paid for stoneware at auction. Decorated stoneware from the weitsman collection, was funded by weitsman, and is not only a tribute to his interest in decorated stoneware of the nineteenth century. Unique stoneware jug depicting entertainment acquired the. Upstate shredding weitsman recycling scrap metal recyclers. Weitsman signed copies of his new hardcover book, art for the people.
The work and world of an early 19 th century albany potter. Decorated stoneware from the weitsman collection john l. A copiously illustrated and scholarly analysis of the single most important collection of 19th century american decorated stoneware. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. The predominant houseware of the era, citation needed it was usually covered in a salt glaze and often decorated using cobalt oxide to produce bright blue decoration the vernacular term crocks is often used to describe this type of pottery, citation needed though the term crock is not seen in.
Decorated stoneware from the weitsman collection features the images and stories behind more than 230 examples of cobaltdecorated stoneware donated to the new york state museum by adam j. Adam weitsman started researching them at local museums and bidding at high. Adam weitsman must be the worlds only metalrecycling executive and. Scherer is distributed by rit press, the scholarly book publishing enterprise at the rochester institute of technology albany. Adam weitsman mines the gold vein where junk turns into money. Aug 10, 2001 weitsman seems to be a born entrepreneur with a strong interest in art. Adam weitsman is owner and ceo of the east coasts largest privately held scrap metal processor upstate shredding weitsman recycling which has 17 locations throughout new york and. Scherer the book is a careful study of ordinary forms and their humble, utilitarian purposes that became vessels for an expression of a person, of a place, or of an event. New york state became a large stoneware producer and artisans in new york developed durable vessels decorated with rich designs using incision techniques and distinctive rich blue coloring. Decorated stoneware pottery of north america donald blake webster on. State museum aquires unique stoneware new york history. The vernacular term crocks is often used to describe. Weitsmans stoneware collection is the subject of a beautifully produced new catalog, art for the people.
Adam is also a philanthropist, art collector and restaurateur. A fourgallon stoneware jug manufactured by fulper bros. Adam weitsman often went to auction houses with his father during weekends which made him interested in collecting antiques. A cylindrical water cooler from art for the people. Now on display at the state museum, the historically significant piece of stoneware was recently acquired for the museum by stoneware collector and benefactor, adam weitsman. Weitsman, dug up two stoneware beer bottles on their property. Adam weitsman and i may have grown up only nine years and 110 miles apart, but its safe to say that his adolescence was a bit more industrious than mine. In 1996, he began donating his collection to the new york state museum. The addition of these recent pieces of decorated stoneware surely put. Decorated stoneware from the weitsman collection, written by john l. The book will illustrate some two hundred pieces of decorated stoneware that have been donated to the state museum by adam weitsman since 1996.
The design on this jug was executed by the same hand as the iconic jug with decoration of a man walking a dog, also stamped n. Lyons, in the collection of the adam weitsman stoneware collection at the new york state museum. Since his initial donation weitsman has continued to add to the museums holdings, making it the premier collection of american decorated stoneware in the country. He opened upstate shredding in 1997, and despite major drawbacks that even landed him in jail, he successfully. The addition of these recent pieces of decorated stoneware surely put the new york state museum on the map as having the premier collection of american stoneware. The past 15 years of upstate shredding owner adam weitsmans life are fit for the pages of a book. May 25, 2010 weitsman began collecting stoneware at the age of 11 after he and his father dug up two stoneware beer bottles on their property. As the east coasts largest privately held scrap metal processor, upstate shredding weitsman recycling uses the most innovative technologies and systems in the industry to process its 1 million tons of ferrous and 250 million pounds of nonferrous scrap metal per year. Apr 11, 20 a fourgallon stoneware jug manufactured by fulper bros. Adam weitsman new york stoneware collection, at home in albany. Some of my best childhood memories were searching for stoneware, writes adam j. Decorated stoneware from the weitsman collection, featuring the museums extensive collection of decorated stoneware. Since then he has scoured new york state and the east coast, continuing to acquire rare pieces at antique shows, estate sales and auctions.
Adam weitsman, owner of upstate shredding weitsman recycling, headquartered in owego, n. Numerous new records set at july ceramics sale maine. Decorated stoneware from the weitsman collection by john scherer, curator emeritus of the state museum, that will illustrate some two hundred pieces of decorated stoneware donated to the state. Unique stoneware jug depicting entertainment acquired new. Adam weitsman stoneware collection at new york state. The book was published by the nys museum, home to the weitsman collection, and proceeds from book sales will benefit the museum. But in the world of interior design, he is a novice. New york stoneware is at home in albany adam weitsman must be the worlds only metalrecycling executive and convicted felon who is giving away millions of dollars worth of new york stoneware. Paired with the binghamton sertomas 1992 10th annual million dollar antique show catalog, which includes pictures and descriptions of pieces from an exhibit of adam weitsman s stoneware collection.
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