A quick bit of news for the Potteries of California site. I’m experimenting with a site-wide search using Google Custom Search. I’ve still got to get the formatting correct and figure out where to put the box on each page, but this is something I’ve been wanting to do for awhile. While the Main Gallery (by images and text) and ID Marks (by images and text also) are helpful, I know there may be times when you aren’t sure where a particular company is located.

This is especially true for the unknown pieces, for the pottery marks that do NOT include the company name, and for any “lesser known” companies. I hope that the search functionality will make it a bit easier in the future. Please note, this is still very much under development. At present, the searchbox will appear in either the right or left columns on several (but not all) pages.