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Midcentury Pitchers, body and glazes designed and crafted by Weston Neil Andersen in the late 1940’s Photo by Author

Prologue:

The other day, I decided to go to Wiscasset to approach an antique dealer with whom I had an interesting conversation a few years ago and who seemed to have a sophisticated understanding of marketing. Since I no longer have a storefront or gallery space to display the collection of very early vintage pieces dating back to the late 1940’s, it makes sense to establish a collaboration with someone who has the space and the necessary professional understanding.

Finding collaborators is a challenge. Andersen Design is recognized for its historical significance in some circles, and more subtly recognized for its historical disruption in other circles, disruptive for having started with a mission to create a handmade product affordable to the middle classes. It takes a long view to understand that it is such a simple mission that is at issue in encounters with organiz…