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Founder David Gil made Bennington Potters an American pottery manufacturer that could design & produce beautiful, handcrafted ceramics & pottery, made in America.
The Bennington Potters Story: read about our founder David Gil, Potters Yard history, our store and pottery factory in Bennington, Vermont.
David Gil Turns 100 through December 31 David Gil, born David Goldfarb on May 29, 1922, founded Bennington Potters in 1948, a business that is still going strong nearly 75 years later. This exhibition celebrates what would have been Gil’s 100th year, featuring a selection of recent additions to the museum’s collection and new discoveries.
Drawn from important local private collections, David Gil’s family, and the museum’s own permanent collection, the exhibition includes beautiful examples of Gil’s art pottery as well as his more familiar work as a production designer.
Mar 19, 2002 · Gil is survived by his wife, Sheela Harden, and his four children. BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) David Gil, the founder of a Bennington company that produces hand-crafted pottery sold worldwide, has died. He was 79. Gil, of North Pownal, died Monday morning.
Apr 6, 2009 · Among studio potters, Gil stands out as a production potter. Fresh from Alfred University’s respected clay program, then directed by Charles Harder a champion of design for industrial manufacture, Gil started his operation on a modest scale in one of Bennington’s old barns.
5 days ago · The most common maker’s mark of Bennington Potters consists of a motif designed by David Gil featuring a stylized hand and arm (sometimes mistaken for a fork) with a rounded star or asterisk design inside. This motif represents what Gil saw as the two important elements of pottery – the skill of the potter’s hand and the “spark” of ...
