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BRUSH / USA
Straight all-capitals BRUSH and USA are arranged in simple lines without script lettering or an oval border.
moulded · glazed earthenware · Roseville / Zanesville, Ohio, United States
Pottery & porcelain
Brush Pottery marks
The name “BRUSH / USA” appears among Brush Pottery marks on glazed earthenware from Roseville / Zanesville, Ohio, United States.
- Active years
- To 1982
- Country
- United States
- City / region
- Roseville and Zanesville, Ohio
- Products
- art pottery, planters, vases, bowls, figural cookie jars, domestic earthenware
- Marks
- 5
Brush-McCoy formed December 1911; Brush Pottery name from December 1925 to 1982. Earlier independent George Brush operations are outside this selected corporate interval.
What to look for
- Compare upright mixed-case Brush, flowing script, all-capitals BRUSH and the oval name emblem. Shape numbers can change while the maker’s design remains the same.
- A large S, reversed S, W code or number can occur beside the name or on an otherwise unmarked piece. Such a code alone does not identify every unmarked pot as Brush.
- Cusick on a handle is a designer’s surname in the factory lineage. Brush-McCoy is the earlier company name; later cookie jars were sold under Brush.
Dated marks & timeline
5 marks
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CUSICK
Cusick surname is recessed along a handle rather than stamped as a factory name on the base.
moulded · glazed earthenware · Roseville / Zanesville, Ohio, United States
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Brush / USA
Mixed-case upright Brush appears above a separate style number and USA, without an enclosing oval.
moulded · glazed earthenware · Roseville / Zanesville, Ohio, United States
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BRUSH / USA
BRUSH and USA fill an oval, with a brush-like terminal projecting to the right. The W10 code is outside the name emblem.
moulded · glazed earthenware · Roseville / Zanesville, Ohio, United States
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Brush / USA
Flowing joined script Brush sits over USA; model and S markings appear separately above.
moulded · glazed earthenware · Roseville / Zanesville, Ohio, United States
About Brush Pottery
Brush Pottery’s history grew from the pottery businesses of George Brush and J. W. McCoy in southeastern Ohio. In 1911 Brush obtained control of the J. W. McCoy pottery, and the combined business became Brush-McCoy Pottery. Its operations were associated with Roseville and Zanesville. The McCoy family sold its interest in 1918, but the joint name remained until December 1925, when the business became the Brush Pottery Company.
The pottery produced both useful household wares and decorative ceramics. Brush-McCoy’s art-pottery lines included Navarre, Vogue and Egypta, alongside bowls, planters, vases and other domestic forms. Designer Albert Cusick contributed to the earlier J. W. McCoy business and its successors; his surname can be found on some handles and other pieces. Early production often carried only a form number or no maker’s name at all.
Under the Brush name, the range included brightly glazed planters, bowls and figural cookie jars. Don and Ross Winton designed a number of the jars, and W codes occur on their designs. Cookie jars belong to the later Brush period, after the McCoy name had left the business. The company closed in 1982. It was a separate manufacturer from Nelson McCoy, with its own marks.
Also known as: Brush · Brush-McCoy · Brush McCoy · Brush Pottery Company; formerly Brush-McCoy Pottery Company
Look-alikes & how to tell them apart
Nelson McCoy Pottery
Nelson McCoy’s pottery was a separate enterprise. A McCoy signature does not automatically belong to Brush-McCoy or Brush; read the complete factory name and design.
Later Brush-style cookie-jar reproductions
Some original moulds were reused after the company closed. Compare a Brush-style jar’s form, lettering and full mark with other examples of the design.