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This
ashtray was made in Colorado Springs for the Ship Tavern in Denver's
Brown Palace Hotel. It is signed PH
Genter, ever the self promoter, but likely
designed by Cecil Jones. Jones
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Cecil
Jones was born in
Madeley, Shropshire, England in 1870, and immigrated to the
States in 1913, when he began working for American Encaustic Tile Co
(AET) in
Zanesville. From California Tile Jones was
transferred from AET's New Jersey and Zanesville operations
after
1919, to head the company's decoration department in their new facility
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This
AET box from the Los Angeles years has the same orange as the
Broadmoor-Springs glaze. The glaze was also common on Catalina
pottery where Jones worked briefly. We have not
found the glaze on Broadmoor-Denver pots.
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It
is interesting to note that ceramists often had their
own glaze formulas, and when they left factories they took their
secrets
with them. We believe this orange glaze is one of at least two glazes
Cecil Jones departed the Springs with, the
other being the fine crackle
glaze. |
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Some
tiles from AET's west coast facility in the 1920s show
a similarity to Broadmoor's Ship Tavern ashtray galleon design.
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The
AET tile work above is from a Los Angeles residence constructed in
1927; the red galleon below is from another of Broadmoor's fabulous
Ship Tavern ashtrays.
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Cecil
Jones stayed with AET until the depression hit in 1930.
He then worked with the Robertsons for two years at Claycraft, also in
LA. The tile below is by Claycraft.
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Lots
more later on Cecil Jones and his marked pottery.
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