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In August, 1983, the Collectors of Illinois Pottery and Stoneware was formed as a club to unite collectors of pottery and stoneware made in Illinois and to facilitate their sharing information, ideas, interests and items for trade or sell. The main event of the club is the annual convention held in October. The convention's many events include a business meeting, show/sale, displays, seminars, banquet and auction. Also, a stoneware related commemorative of very limited production is available each year to honor this annual event.
Moreover, this web site is dedicated to communicating and sharing information on Illinois stoneware, potteries, and potters of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Since Illinois statehood in 1818, numerous pottery centers were established. The craft of the traditional family Illinois potter satisfied important utilitarian, economic, and social needs of the family unit and the community. Often, operating a pottery was a sideline to farming. Small family pottery operations were eventually replaced by those offering a more desirable product, or by those supplying a similar product in greater quantities at lower prices. The strong survived longer, but even these family operations were replaced by larger more specialized and automated operations. In the first quarter of the twentieth century the big factories would even merge to simply exist. For instance, and for survival purposes, seven midwestern potteries united to form the Western Stoneware Company in 1906. The Western Stoneware Company competed fiercely with the Union Stoneware Co. of Red Wing, Minnesota, for the tremendous market in outbound regions. Few potteries could profit, while competing against these two giants. This web site is founded on the precept of bringing together collectors, students, and archival researchers of the American potter, their manufacturing facility, their craft, and their finished product.
If you have interests in American ceramics, we want to welcome you aboard and to invite your membership with our organization. We will love hearing from you and including your input into our archives. Feel free to help our organization to grow. Please read carefully the "Statement of Agreement " at the bottom of this page. By accessing this site, you acknowledge, accept, and promise to comply to all stipulated conditions. Thank You, and Welcome to C.O.I.P.S. !
1. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A SPECIFIC MARKED OR
UNMARKED PIECE OF STONEWARE?
2. ARE YOU A DESCENDANT OF A PRE 1950 POTTER?
3. DO YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF AMERICAN POTTERS OR
POTTERIES, OR OLD PHOTOS THAT INCLUDE STONEWARE?
4. IS THERE AN INTERESTING STORY YOU MAY WANT TO RELATE?
5. TELL US ABOUT A GREAT "FIND" IN YOUR POTTERY HUNTING!
6. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT STONEWARE OR JOINING
STONEWARE CLUBS?
WELCOME ABOARD
COIPS Membership fee entitles you to...................
a quarterly newsletter
advertise free in the quarterly newsletter
attend annual convention (DETAILS BELOW)
attend annual Spring swap meet
attend all club events
Membership fee..................
Annual membership fees are $20 for the first member of the household, and $5 for each additional member of the same household. Dues are payable in the month of January.
CLICK HERE FOR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION!
Please print application form, fill out completely, and mail with your membership fee to:
Susie Nolan
COIPS
203 S. Morgan
Elmwood, IL 61529
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ANNUAL C.O.I.P.S. CONVENTION
OCTOBER 24 & 25, 2003
The Holiday Inn of Bloomington/Normal, IL, has been chosen as the location for our 20th Annual Convention. The address is #8 Traders Circle, Interstate 55 and US 51. The phone number is (309) 452-8300. The room rate for the convention is $70. Be sure to mention that you are attending the C.O.I.P.S. convention to receive this rate. NOTE: You are on your own for breakfast. Room rate does not include breakfast. The hotel has a block of rooms for convention attendees.
There will be a silent auction, club meeting, followed by the Friday evening social. Saturday will include the show and sale, seminars, the banquet, slide presentation and auction. The convention package is $25 per person. The commemoratives are extra. This will be a jam-packed two day event and everyone is invited. (You must be a member in current standing to attend, and you can sign up at the door.) See you there!
STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT
UPON ACCESSING THIS WEB SITE THE USER, MEMBER, AND ALL PARTIES INVOLVED DIRECTLY, OR INDIRECTLY, HEREBY ACCEPT THAT COIPS, Collectors of Illinois Pottery and Stoneware, MAY NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCURRED BY ANY USER, OR MEMBER, OR VISITOR TO THIS SITE. LIKEWISE, IT IS AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT COIPS RELAYS INFORMATION THAT IS OFTEN OBTAINED THROUGH "HEARSAY" AND, THEREFORE, IS NOTRESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OR ANY RESULTING DAMAGES INCURRED FROM INACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS, VALUES, GRADING, APPRAISING, AND AUTHENTICATING, BY ANY USER, MEMBER, OR THIRD PARTY, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, VERBALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY. COIPS MAY NOT BE INVOLVED OR HELD LIABLE FOR DISPUTES BETWEEN MEMBERS, USERS, OR ANY ENTITY IN ANY TRANSACTION OR THROUGH ANY PUBLICATION OR CONTACT OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE. ALSO, IT IS HEREBY AGREED THAT ABSOLUTELY NO GUARANTEES AND WARRANTIES ARE EVER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. COIPS SHALL NOT BE INVOLVED IN ANY SETTLEMENTS BETWEEN MEMBERS, USERS, AND PRIVATE PARTIES OR FACILITY. MOREOVER, COIPS IS A NON PROFIT, INFORMATION COLLECTING AND SHARING ORGANIZATION. ARTICLES AND PHOTOGRAPHS MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED EITHER MECHANICALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY WITHOUT THE ADVANCE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF C.O.I.P.S. .
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