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Hoopie mugs were made and sold at the factory in Newell, West Virginia. This usually coincided with a tent sale.
One side features a man inside a barrel representing a Hoopie. The hoops for the barrels to ship pottery were made downriver in West Virginia and Ohio. The area became known as Hoopie, and the people were called Hoopies.
As a side note, my mom's family was from Parkersburg, WV, roughly three hours south of Newell. When we would go visit them, I my mom would say, "We're going to Hoopie!"
The opposite side has the date along with Newell Clay Festival.
Listed below are just some of the known dates, colors, and treatment numbers for the Hoopie mugs:
- 1999 Chartreuse
- 2001 Cinnabar, treatment 8413
- 2003 Yellow
- 2005 Scarlet, treatment 8674
- 2006 Pecock, treatment 8674 (number reused from 2005)
- 2007 Heather, treatment 8674 (number reused from 2005)
- 2008 Evergreen, treatment 8674 (number reused from 2005)
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