Moravian Pottery and Tile Works Factory

Posted by
Elaine Hancock (Olney, United States) on 11 January 2018 in Art & Design.

This is from the archives. The Moravian Pottery and Tile Works Factory is located in Doylestown, PA. It was built by Henry Chapman Mercer who was an American archeologist and tile-maker during the Arts and Crafts Movement. He was quite an eccentric fellow. His 44 room mansion, Fonthill, which is located next to the factory is completely made from concrete. I would like to go back there this spring to visit.

"There are moments when time stands still. You hope it will wait for you."
Dorothea Lange

Comments (20)

tataray from Charentes-Poitou, France

Les cheminées sont originales et très belles. )

11 Jan 2018 7:11am

omid from mashhad, Iran

such beautiful composition, lights, shadows & textures!
A M A Z I N G !!!!

11 Jan 2018 8:07am

Graciel·la (Vic. Catalonia) from CAT. New European State, Poland

It looks a bit like a mosque.

Back there would be fine. Thanks for the info.

11 Jan 2018 8:43am

Le Krop from Charenton-le-Pont, France

C'est beau et mélancolique.

11 Jan 2018 8:48am

Martine Libouton from Bousval, Belgium

Un très beau B&W

11 Jan 2018 9:00am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Good looking architecture !

11 Jan 2018 9:38am

Don from Spokane, United States

An impressive looking polttery factory. I like the graphic look of ths place.

11 Jan 2018 1:22pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

If you return, please let me know, I am 30 to 40 minutes from there. I like this gritty treatment

11 Jan 2018 2:27pm

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Impressiv factory ! Beautiful ! I wish you to go back there .

11 Jan 2018 2:30pm

Existence Artistique from Angers, France

intéressant effet sous ce cadrage

11 Jan 2018 3:11pm

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Exotic architecture in a nice graphic presentation

11 Jan 2018 3:56pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

I like the collection of chimneys/stacks on this old factory. The gritty effect works really well.

11 Jan 2018 5:53pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Beautiful tones and patterns captured in this B&W image!! A tour of the gentleman's mansion sounds like a good excursion this spring.

11 Jan 2018 7:26pm

franz from Baden, Austria

Elaborate architectural details on a mundane building! Interesting processing, too!

11 Jan 2018 9:18pm

Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, Canada

Very nice tones. I like the grainy look.

12 Jan 2018 12:19am

Rick from Toronto, Canada

A wonderful piece of heritage and very nice processing. We have an old brickworks in Toronto that is well preserved and makes for a fun day long visit.

12 Jan 2018 1:01am

B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States

Interesting industrial architecture. The shot looks timeless in B&W.

12 Jan 2018 2:36am

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

Quel rendu NB et vue une ancienne iamge superbe quelle architecture fantastique
Amitié

12 Jan 2018 4:11am

Harry from Apex, NC, United States

excellent, grainy B&W processing. The turret and multiple chimneys make a nice composition,

12 Jan 2018 4:37am

Denny Jump from Bellevue, WA, United States

A fantastic image, Elaine! I love this!! We had many Moravian structures around Bethlehem and Allentown, PA when we lived nearby...cool stuff ;-)

12 Jan 2018 4:43am

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