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It consists of three properties built by Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) in a distinctive application of the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement, which are also notable for the early use of poured concrete: Fonthill, the Mercer Museum, and the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works.
TOUR BEGINS AT: THE MICHENER ART MUSEUM 138 S Pine St, Doylestown 1 p.m. TOUR RECEPTION AT: 3:30 MORAVIAN POTTERY p.m. AND TILE WORKS 130 E Swamp Rd, Doylestown Step into the world of architectural wonders with our captivating architectural tour! ... For the last 8 years she has been a practitioner of Henry Mercer's traditional tile making ...
Henry Chapman Mercer (1856–1930) founded the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in 1898 after realizing that the skilled pottery craft of the Pennsylvania-German Moravian community was headed towards extinction due to increased industrialization.
130 Swamp Rd. Doylestown, PA 18901. (215) 239-9797. Visit Website. Send Email. TileWorks is a working History Museum and Contemporary Pottery. Originally built by Henry Mercer, the leading artistic tile maker in the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Book a tour to see the tiles being made using Mercer’s historic methods.
Tile designs are reissues of original designs. Mercer was a major proponent of the Arts and Crafts movement in America. He directed the work at the pottery from 1898 until his death in 1930. Mercer generally did not affix a potter's mark to tiles made while he directed the work at MPTW.
A “working history” museum in Bucks County, the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works is a local gem and a National Historic Landmark. Founded and built by Henry Chapman Mercer in the early twentieth century, the facility still produces handmade tiles using techniques that Mercer developed, and reproductions are crafted using his original molds ...
Henry Chapman Mercer established Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in 1898 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Mercer originally studied to become a lawyer, but after completing school, chose to dedicate his life to his true interests: archaeology and anthropology.
