What is Grueby Pottery?
William Grueby founded the Grueby Faience Company in Revere, Massachusetts in 1897. He produced pottery, terra cotta, enameled bricks, tiles, altars and other articles until 1920.
Grueby pottery vases and bowls are highly-sought antiques renowned for their organic arts and crafts shapes with distinctive matt glazes. Their enameled tiles became quickly associated with the mission style, and examples can be difficult to locate today. Grueby is often almost synonymous with their rich organic green matt glazes, and nearly every other contemporary pottery of the time hurried to bring their own matt green pottery to market on its success.
