Collectors of Illinois Pottery and Stoneware

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TITLE="Officers"><U><B>Officers</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U><B>Membership</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Convention 2008"><U><B>Convention 2008</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Illinois Antique Malls"><U><B>Illinois Antique Malls</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ANNOUNCEMENTS"><U><B>ANNOUNCEMENTS</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Finds"><U><B>New  Finds</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bulletin Board"><U><B>Bulletin Board</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="the Presidents Desk"><U><B>the  President's  Desk</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Coming Events"><U><B>Coming Events</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FEATURED ARTICLE"><U><B>FEATURED  ARTICLE</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter"><U><B>Newsletter</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WANTED"><U><B>WANTED</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" FOR SALE"><U><B>     FOR  SALE</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="QUESTIONS / COMMENTS"><U><B>QUESTIONS / COMMENTS</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Galena Stoneware, Jo Daviess County, Ill"><U><B>Galena Stoneware, Jo Daviess County, Illinois</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Upper Alton Stoneware, Madison County, I"><U><B>Upper Alton Stoneware, Madison County, Illinois</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anna Pottery, Union County, Illinois"><U><B>Anna Pottery, Union County, Illinois</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Belleville Pottery, St. Clair County, Il"><U><B>Belleville Pottery, St. Clair County, Illinois</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="White Hall Stoneware, Greene County, Ill"><U><B>White Hall Stoneware, Greene County, Illinois</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winchester Stoneware, Scott County, Illi"><U><B>Winchester Stoneware, Scott County, Illinois</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Missouri Stoneware"><U><B>Missouri Stoneware</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Illinois Stoneware"><U><B>Illinois Stoneware</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mini Jugs / Advertising Stoneware"><U><B>Mini Jugs / Advertising Stoneware</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="STONEWARE CLUBS and LINKS"><U><B>STONEWARE CLUBS and LINKS</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NEW MEMBERS"><U><B>NEW MEMBERS</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SHOW DISPLAYS 2007"><U><B>SHOW  DISPLAYS  2007</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter INDEX"><U><B>Newsletter   INDEX</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="COIPS HISTORY"><U><B>COIPS HISTORY</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PREMIUM QUALITY AUCTION 2008"><U><B>PREMIUM  QUALITY  AUCTION  2008</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>WELCOME TO C O I P S !</B></I></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="5248cbb0.png" border=0 width="140" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="37985b70.jpg" border=0 width="133" height="183" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="319a87f0.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="1e3bb960.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2a2ab960.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="29eaace0.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="29cabda0.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1e1b7960.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2a3ac830.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Collectors of Illinois Pottery & Stoneware</B></div> <div> <I><B>Please be very patient as large picture files load</B></I></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="50c74450.jpg" border=0 width="884" height="581" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </div> <div> <I><B> <embed src="HTMLobj-1321/AAA.html" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>         </I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I><I><B>In August, 1983</B></I></FONT><I>,  the </I><I>Collectors of Illinois Pottery and Stoneware</I><I><B> </B></I><I>was formed as a club to unite collectors of pottery and stoneware made in Illinois and to facilitate their sharing information, ideas, interests and items for trade or sell. The main event of the club is the annual convention held in October. The convention's many events include a business meeting, show/sale, displays, seminars, banquet and auction. Also, a stoneware related commemorative of very limited production is available each year to honor this annual event.</I></div> <div> <I>  </I></div> <div> <I>        Moreover, this web site is dedicated to communicating and sharing information on Illinois stoneware,  potteries, and potters of the 19th and early 20th centuries.  Since Illinois statehood in 1818, numerous  pottery centers were established. The craft of the traditional family Illinois  potter satisfied important utilitarian, economic, and social needs of the family unit and the community. Often, operating a pottery was a sideline to farming. Small family pottery operations were eventually replaced by those offering a more desirable product, or by those supplying a similar product in greater quantities at lower prices. The strong survived longer, but even these family operations were replaced by larger more specialized and automated operations. In the first quarter of the twentieth century the big factories would even merge to simply exist. For instance, and for survival purposes, seven Midwestern potteries united to form the Western Stoneware Company in 1906. The Western Stoneware Company competed fiercely with the Union Stoneware Co. of Red Wing, Minnesota, for the tremendous market in outbound regions. Few potteries could profit, while competing against these two giants.  This web site is founded on the precept of bringing together collectors, students, and archival researchers of the American potter, their manufacturing facility, their craft, and their finished product. </I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>         </I><I>If you have interests in American ceramics, we want to welcome you aboard and to invite your membership with our organization. We will love hearing from you and including your input into our archives.  Feel free to help our organization to grow. </I></FONT><I>Please read carefully </I><I>the  "Statement of Agreement " at the bottom of this page. </I><I>By accessing this site, you acknowledge, accept, and promise to comply to all stipulated conditions.</I><I> </I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Thank You, and  </I><I><U>Welcome to C.O.I.P.S.</U></I><I> !</I><I>  </I></div> <bR> <div> <I> </I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>1. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A SPECIFIC MARKED OR </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>    UNMARKED PIECE OF STONEWARE? </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>2. ARE YOU A DESCENDANT OF A PRE 1950 POTTER?</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>3. DO YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF AMERICAN POTTERS OR</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>    POTTERIES, OR OLD PHOTOS THAT INCLUDE STONEWARE? </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>4. IS THERE AN INTERESTING STORY YOU MAY WANT TO RELATE? </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>5. TELL US ABOUT A GREAT "FIND" IN YOUR POTTERY HUNTING! </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>6. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT STONEWARE OR JOINING </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>    STONEWARE CLUBS?</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>**********</I></div> <div> <I>To access special area of interest, simply press a </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I>white link</I></FONT><I>  at left.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>***********</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Your COIPS Membership fee entitles you to...................</B></I></div> <div> a quarterly newsletter</div> <div> advertise free in the quarterly newsletter</div> <div> attend annual convention <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(DETAILS  BELOW)</FONT></div> <div> attend annual Spring swap meet </div> <div> attend all club events</div> <div>  place "Wanted/Sale/Trade"  items on Website</div> <div>   make announcements on Website "Coming Events"</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Join   C.O.I.P.S.   Today ..................</B></I></div> <div> Annual membership fees are $20 for the first member of the household, and $5 for each additional member of the same household. Dues are payable in the month of January.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U><U>CLICK HERE FOR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION</U></U></A><U>!</U></div> <bR> <div> Please print application form, fill out completely, and mail with your membership fee to:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Susie Nolan</B></div> <div> <B>COIPS</B></div> <div> 402 N. Laurel St.</div> <div> Elmwood, IL 61529</div> <div> or email</div> <div> <B>coips@mchsi.com</B></div> <div> ____________________________________</div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday SHOW & SALE 2007</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4ee6d920.jpg" border=0 width="877" height="658" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4f080a00.jpg" border=0 width="896" height="672" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4f275980.jpg" border=0 width="885" height="664" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4f46d920.jpg" border=0 width="877" height="658" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4ec75980.jpg" border=0 width="885" height="664" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4f67c9d0.jpg" border=0 width="892" height="669" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="50a85a40.jpg" border=0 width="901" height="676" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="50f7d9e0.jpg" border=0 width="893" height="670" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="517a1390.png" border=0 width="417" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </B><B><IMG SRC="519c8390.png" border=0 width="456" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="51bbb4c0.png" border=0 width="443" height="332" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="51d9b4d0.png" border=0 width="411" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="51f20980.png" border=0 width="544" height="408" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="52133990.png" border=0 width="307" height="409" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="52358cb0.png" border=0 width="344" height="459" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>COIPS Sideshow Production Mgr. Jim O'Hare and President Donna Lagual.</B></div> <div> <B>Special presentation commemorative and ovation of thanks to Mr. Jim O'Hare by entire membership.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>2007 DISPLAYS</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4f8a0b80.jpg" border=0 width="928" height="696" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4fab2c60.jpg" border=0 width="946" height="710" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4fcb4c70.jpg" border=0 width="948" height="711" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4fe9fb70.jpg" border=0 width="927" height="695" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="500104c0.jpg" border=0 width="784" height="588" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="502b2c60.jpg" border=0 width="946" height="710" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>2007 rare items table</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="504a7bd0.jpg" border=0 width="935" height="701" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="50695b00.jpg" border=0 width="917" height="688" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="50884a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Simply the very best cookies !!!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="511104c0.jpg" border=0 width="784" height="588" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="51334670.jpg" border=0 width="820" height="615" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="515285e0.jpg" border=0 width="808" height="606" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>A glimpse in the past ..............</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday SHOW & SALE 2006</B></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><U><IMG SRC="447203d0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="573" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="45520580.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="45658200.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="800" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PAST CONVENTION  </B><B>SHOW  DISPLAYS</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="37cf43f0.jpg" border=0 width="756" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="37d80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="283bd290.jpg" border=0 width="701" height="553" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B>1st Place Show Display 2004</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="285b9080.jpg" border=0 width="697" height="520" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>2nd Place Show Display 2004</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="287d03e0.jpg" border=0 width="720" height="574" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B>3rd Place Show Display 2004</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="28a31780.jpg" border=0 width="561" height="376" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Galesburg Pottery 2004 Show Display</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="28c2a430.jpg" border=0 width="554" height="323" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Ruckel's Stoneware Vases,  2004 Show Display</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>2004   CONVENTION  RARE  TABLE</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2a49bd60.jpg" border=0 width="667" height="470" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><I><B><IMG SRC="292c80b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><I><B><IMG SRC="294c80b0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2980c340.jpg" border=0 width="524" height="308" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B> * * * * * * * *</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>PREVIOUS CONVENTION WINNERS</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1e9a03e0.jpg" border=0 width="416" height="318" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1eb9c0b0.jpg" border=0 width="412" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>1st Place  2003</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1e7835c0.jpg" border=0 width="643" height="860" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1e596780.jpg" border=0 width="406" height="632" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1ed79e50.jpg" border=0 width="633" height="485" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><B>2nd Place 2003</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1efe42e0.jpg" border=0 width="740" height="558" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><B>3rd Place 2003</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04f80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="4e6f4bb0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="699" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0513b850.jpg" border=0 width="571" height="389" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT</U></B></div> <div> <B>UPON ACCESSING THIS WEB SITE</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times" ><B> THE USER, MEMBER, AND ALL PARTIES INVOLVED </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>DIRECTLY, OR INDIRECTLY, HEREBY ACCEPT THAT COIPS, </B><I><B>Collectors of Illinois Pottery </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>and Stoneware</B></I><B>,  MAY NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCURRED BY ANY USER, OR  MEMBER, OR VISITOR TO THIS SITE. 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