A rectangular Williamsburg Restoration Pottery serving bowl with textured ochre glaze and hand-incised brown striping. Both rustic and refined, it carries the tactile warmth of early American craft.

Williamsburg Pottery
Williamsburg Pottery began in the 1930s as part of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s effort to revive and preserve traditional 18th-century crafts. The Restoration Pottery program specifically focused on recreating historic ceramic forms using period techniques, ensuring authenticity while making the pieces useful for modern households. Collectors value these works for their link to America’s early material culture and their role in sustaining artisanal traditions through the 20th century.