Teco Pottery is a product of the The Terra Cotta Tile works, founded in 1881 in Terra Cotta, Illinois.The company produced pottery and terra-cotta bricks. After a series of experiments with clays and glazes the Terra Art Pottery line was introduced in 1902. The company founder, Williams Gates named it Teco after terra-cotta.
Teco pottery designs were in the fashion of the ”Paire School” arts and craft movement made popular by Frank Lloyd Wright. Most of the Teco pottery lines were beautifully simple soft matte green glazes that became the company’s hallmark. Often, this matte green glaze looked like the patina of ancient bronze artifacts, sometimes exhibiting a charcoaling effect in metallic form, black over glaze.
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Apart from the popular matte green, other successful colors included yellow, blue, brown maroon and pink. Most Teco potteries are of a consistent high quality. They are unique and creative.
By 1911 Teco already had over 500 designs. They are classified as organic, geometric and architectural. The geometric forms with handles are more prized by collectors. Also highly prized is a high glaze crystalline ware produced in small quantity and said to have been first produced by accident.
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