Ernestine Cannon

[1] Cannon lived in Salerno during the Second World War, where in 1948 she established her business in response to the post-war poverty she saw there.

[1] In 1949 the earthenware produced to Cannon's designs was featured at a Pittsburgh trade show by her exclusive representatives Fisher, Bruce & Co, bringing wider attention to her work and leading to its sale through department stores such as Neiman Marcus.

[1] In 1951 Cannon was awarded a Neiman Marcus Fashion Award, the reason given that her "creative designs" had "brought new life to the ceramic industry of Italy.

"[2] Examples of Cannon's ceramics are housed in the Dallas Museum of Art.

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