Rookwood Today
Dr. Townley refused offers to sell Rookwood for over two decades, but eventually collaborated with Cincinnati investors in 2004 to move the company back to Cincinnati.
In July 2006, after approximately one year of negotiations, The Rookwood Pottery Company entered into a contract to acquire all of the remaining assets of the original Rookwood Pottery from Dr. Townley. These assets include, among other things; the trademarks, more than 3,000 original molds and hundreds of glaze recipes used by the original Rookwood Pottery Company.
On July 10, 2006, the Rookwood Pottery Company re-established a presence in Cincinnati. There is a new production studio in the historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. The company has since produced a limited number of art pottery pieces such as the commemorative plaque in honor of the re-dedication of Fountain Square (October, 2006) and a beer stein in cooperation with Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. to commemorate the annual Bockfest (February, 2007).
Today, the Rookwood building has become an office park with part of the building being used as the Rookwood Restaurant and Bar. Restaurant guests can be seated inside one of the three brick kilns that was used to produce the pottery.
A dedicated gallery of Rookwood Pottery is in the Cincinnati Wing of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
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