Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Burns, J. R. |
Occupation |
Pottery |
Notes |
The J. R. Burns pottery was only in operation from 1881-1887. They made butter crocks and jugs and ___________. The Internet (2008) had a J. R. Burns (Toronto) flowered jug dated 1881-1887 on the Ebay site. There was a Samuel R. Burns who was a potter in York Twp. c. 1885. See the David Newlands book, EARLY ONTARIO POTTERS, p. 67. Newlands also mentions the James R. Burns pottery in Toronto and has a photograph of another J. R. BURNS stoneware butter crock on page 73. "James R. Burns (1881-1887) Burns continued the business until 1887, when the pottery was dismantled and the land redeveloped for housing. Potters who worked for Burns included Thomas J. Fleming, who had earlier worked at Paris, Ontario. Fleming worked in Toronto in 1882 and 1883 before moving to Belleville, Hastings County. John Cranston, who came from Doncaster, worked for Burns in 1887 before going to Weston to work for George Plant." [Newlands, p. 73] Newlands says that stoneware clay used in Ontario in the 19th-century was imported from England and the United States. |
Places of residence |
Toronto, Ontario |
Role |
Ceramicist |
