Saturday Evening Girls plate, bowl and creamer, all with painted rabbit and I.C.A., all signed, all dated. Minor chip to rim of bowl, minor chip to spout of creamer. Plate measures 6 1/4" diameter. Estimate $500- 700.Today, Paul Revere Pottery is recognized for producing some of the most beautiful and collectable American art pottery. Items can command thousands of dollars. In 2008, two tiles from the pottery, painted by Sara Galner, were appraised on TV’s “Antiques Roadshow” and valued at between $7,500 and $10,000.About 1898, Edith Guerrier was employed to oversee five clubs and two afternoon reading rooms for girls. To connect with the girls, Ms. Guerrier created a storytelling hour at the library on Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. The girls enjoyed the social aspect of the program and began attending regularly. Wanting an “official” club structure with officers, they named themselves the Saturday Evening Girls.About this time, Edith Guerrier met Edith Brown, who later became the artistic director of Paul Revere Pottery, and Helen Storrow, who was the patroness of the organization. The triad saw the girls’ potential, and each woman committed herself to fostering the development of the Saturday Evening Girls (SEG.)Edith Guerrier and Edith Brown wanted the girls to learn skills, self-esteem, and leadership ability. They conceived of the idea of a pottery. Helen Storrow purchased a house at 18 Hull Street (a block away from the North Bennet Street Industrial School) from which the pottery could operate.In 1908, the Saturday Evening Girls shifted operation to the Hull Street building, which they called the Library Club House. Because the new location was within sight of the Old North Church, the girls named their venture Paul Revere Pottery.The house served as a meeting place for the clubs and a base of operation for the business. The basement held the kiln. The Bowl Shop, which sold the pottery, was on the first floor. Clubs met on floors one, two, and three.

Minor chip to rim of bowl and to the spout of the creamer.