Clear as Mud

Clear as Mud is a modest but ground-breaking look at art pottery produced in Kentucky in the first half of the 20th century. It deals with such potteries as Cornelison Bybee, Waco, the Bybee Pottery Co. of Lexington (Selden-Bybee, Genuine Bybee), Louisville Pottery Co. (Cherokee), Kenton Hills Porcelains and Hadley. Such other ceramics as art tile, drain-tile premiums and Western Kentucky's "pinch pots" are included. The book places what was going on in the commonwealth with what was happening in the rest of the South, especially North Carolina and Georgia, and touches on the influences…