The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
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Edgar Littlefield
BIOGRAPHY
Edgar Littlefield is known for high-fired stoneware pottery surfaced with geometric patterns,and animal imagery, as well as solid colors.
Littlefield was a graduate student at Ohio State University in the 1920’s and began working as a professor there in 1929. Potter Arthur E. Baggs, was one of Littlefield’s professors at Ohio State University. When Littlefield joined the faculty Baggs became his mentor.
Littlefield’s pottery has the distinction of winning two First Prizes in the Robineau Memorial Ceramic Exhibitions, Syracuse Museum of Fine Art (now the Everson Museum), Syracuse, New York.
Public Collections
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York
 | Center For Craft |
 | AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art |
“Littlefield” inscribed.
Or, cursive “L” in the middle of a circle, with the year on either side, written: 19 L 40
Citation: Beul, Jasmine. "The Marks Project." Last modified March 27, 2022. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/littlefield