Undated
BBP / 1994 / SR
Three incised rows include the workshop initials, year and SR for Steve Rucker; the associated potter initials distinguish this combination.
incised · salt-glazed stoneware · Crooksville, Ohio, United States
Pottery & porcelain
Beaumont Brothers Pottery mark
Beaumont Brothers Pottery mark includes incised “[cross] BBP / 1989 / SL” on salt-glazed stoneware in Crooksville, Ohio, United States.
- Country
- United States
- City / region
- Crooksville, Ohio
- Products
- salt-glazed stoneware, crocks, pitchers, mugs, bowls, plates, miniatures, vases, figurines
- Marks
- 5
Dated BBP tablewares include examples from 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 2000–2002. Contemporary society journals name the business as an event donor in 2006 and 2007.
What to look for
- Check both the underside and the shoulder. A piece may have a full impressed name near its rim and a separate handwritten date below.
- Read BBP, the year and any potter initials separately. SR identifies Steve Rucker in this workshop; do not expand other initials from their shape alone.
- Compare the place name as well as Beaumont. York, Maine and Crooksville, Ohio marks belong to different stages or branches of the Beaumont pottery history.
Dated marks & timeline
5 marks
Undated
BEAUMONT BROS. / POTTERY / CROOKSVILLE, OHIO
Arched blue maker-and-place lettering on the exterior of a miniature crock, without the S. Rucker shoulder-stamp wording.
printed · cobalt blue · salt-glazed stoneware · Crooksville, Ohio, United States
Undated
[cross] BBP / 1989 / SL
Cross accompanies the BBP initials and a separate SL inscription; this combination differs from the plain initials-and-year layout.
incised · salt-glazed stoneware · Crooksville, Ohio, United States
Undated
Beaumont Bros. Pottery / S. RUCKER / Crooksville, Ohio
Three-line impressed name-and-place stamp on the shoulder, with S. RUCKER in large capitals at its centre.
impressed · salt-glazed stoneware · Crooksville, Ohio, United States
Undated
BBP / 1992
Hand-incised BBP alone above a four-digit year; no cross or individual potter initials in this example.
incised · salt-glazed stoneware · Crooksville, Ohio, United States
About Beaumont Brothers Pottery
Beaumont Brothers Pottery made salt-glazed stoneware in Crooksville, Ohio. Jerry Beaumont and his brother Roger were associated with the business, and Roger appears as its president in a business directory. The pottery used the initials BBP on its wares. Its output included useful household vessels as well as decorative pieces, combining traditional stoneware forms with painted decoration.
Crocks, pitchers, mugs, bowls, plates and miniature jars formed part of the range. Cobalt-blue flowers, birds, hearts and sponge decoration appear on grey or tan bodies, while some pieces have darker glazed interiors. Larger vases could carry elaborate slip-drawn scenes, including buildings, trees and mountain landscapes. Steve Rucker worked at the pottery; his name appears in an impressed shoulder stamp with the Beaumont Brothers name and Crooksville address. Other pieces carry the initials SR beside BBP and a year.
Surviving dated pieces document production in the late 1980s and 1990s, with later tablewares dated into the early 2000s. The business supported McCoy Pottery Collectors’ Society events in 2006 and 2007. Jerry Beaumont’s separately named studios in Maine, North Carolina and Maryland belong to his wider career and require their own mark comparisons.
Also known as: BBP · Beaumont Bros. Pottery · Beaumont Brothers Stoneware
Look-alikes & how to tell them apart
Jerry Beaumont / Beaumont Pottery, York and Maryland
Jerry’s own pieces can carry JB, a cross and a year, or a York, Maine name stamp. Read the actual lettering and location before assigning them to the Crooksville BBP business.
Crooksville China Company
The shared town name is not a shared manufacturer. Crooksville China made dinnerware with its own company backstamps; BBP and Beaumont Bros. lettering identify this stoneware business.