Paul Cushman

Paul Cushman (1767-1833) is recognized today as one of the founders of a regional stoneware industry that stretched throughout the upper Hudson River valley of New York State. When Cushman moved to Albany around 1800, local stoneware production was limited to a few potters. His decision to open a pottery works "half a mile west of the Albany Goal" at the beginning of the new century resulted in a long-lived and successful business. The expert contributors to this volume reveal all that is currently known about Cushman's life and work, and place his business and pottery within broad and useful historical and aesthetic frameworks.