Description
c1950 Gort American Art Pottery Figure Of "American Fisherman ca1870". No<br>cracks, chips, or restorations, fine overall crazing as expected with<br>earthenware. 8" tall.<br><br>Eric and Walter Gort started the Gort China Co. in 1944 in Metuchen, N.J. The<br>two brothers originally were from Hungary and emigrated to the United States in<br>the early 1940s. Eric Gort was an artist and sculpter while Walter Gort was a<br>ceramic engineer. Together they produced some of the highest quality bone china<br>figurines made in America. Their figurines covered a wide range of subjects<br>including birds, dogs, and people. Their people figurines were generally done in<br>small series with a common theme including such subjects as children, oriental<br>scenes, Americana/folk scenes, colonial scenes, etc. Gort China Co. was<br>initially very successful, but by the early 1950s it was having money problems<br>and eventually closed in the mid 1950s<br>tw243
