Adelaide Alsop Robineau — The Pioneering Potter

Produced by The History of Ceramics podcast.

Who created the Mona Lisa of American ceramics? And how was it stolen from under the noses of museum guards? In this episode Paul Greenhalgh and Stephanie Rozene travel back in time to the American Gilded Age, at the end of the 19th century, to discuss the life and work of Adelaide Alsop Robineau, the pioneering potter who fought to make her own work her own way, and went on to win the top prize at the prestigious World’s Fair, putting American ceramics on the map.