Pewabic Pottery was built in 1907, in Detroit, Michigan, for ceramic artist Mary Chase Perry. Concerned with raising the artistic standards of American ceramicists and influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, Perry enjoyed designing pottery pieces in simple shapes and used spectacular iridescent glazes in rose, green, gold, purple, and copper. Pewabic is a Chippewa Indian term that means "clay with a copper color" and is a tribute to the Upper Michigan Peninsula Copper Country where Perry was born.
