Q I’d like some information about a vase I found in a home we bought. It’s marked ”McCoy” on the bottom. Can you tell me more about it?
A Your vase was made by the Nelson McCoy Pottery Co. in Roseville, Ohio. Nelson McCoy and his father, J.W. McCoy, started the Nelson McCoy Sanitary and Stoneware Co. in 1910. Art pottery was made after 1926. The company became the Nelson McCoy Pottery Co. in 1933. The factory closed in 1990. Pottery with the McCoy mark has also been made by other companies unrelated to the original company since 1991.