Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, Wayne County, United States | Ceramics

Pewabic Pottery was founded in the United States in 1903 by Mary Chase Perry (later Mary Chase Perry Stratton) and her partner, Horace Caulkins (developer of the Revelation Kiln), at the height of the Arts & Crafts movement in America. The Pottery's first home was a stable on Alfred Street in Detroit. Four years later, Pewabic Pottery moved to a new facility on East Jefferson designed by architect William Buck Stratton in the Tudor Revival style. In 1991, the building (which still houses the Pottery) and its contents were designated a National Historic Landmark and today is Michigan's only historic pottery.



Pewabic Pottery, is a living treasure and offers visitors an exciting glimpse of a little known part of American history. Founded in 1903 during the Arts & Crafts Movement, Pewabic is nationally renowned for its tile and pottery in unique glazes. Today it is a non profit ceramic art education center and Museum which welcomes 70,000 visitors annually.



The Museum Store in Detroit offers historic reproductions of embossed gift tiles handcrafted at the Pottery for nearly a century and is open to the public seven days a week. Choose from hundreds of images in authentic Arts & Crafts glaze colors. Other glaze choices include gold, silver and the beautiful iridescent glazes which have brought Pewabic international fame. Hand-painted, multicolored tiles are new. Other  gifts include hand-thrown pottery using the unique ceramic forms of historic Pewabic Pottery vessels, tableware, candlestick holders, garden vessels and ornaments. Unique embossed giftboxes and gift cards available.