What is Chloron?
Chloron is a line of art pottery produced in 1905 by the Roseville Pottery Company in Zanesville, Ohio.

Who designed Chloron?
The Chloron line was likely designed by Frederick Rhead.

Collectors of Roseville Pottery have long struggled to understand the place of the Chloron line in the history of the pottery, especially with regard to the Matt Green and the Rozane Egypto lines. It appears that the first Roseville matt green glazes made their appearance in early 1905 in response to the success of Grueby Pottery and Gates (Teco) entries into the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair. In fact, shape C20 is very similar to a Grueby vase exhibited there. That Roseville glaze was initially used on umbrella stands, jardinières, and lamp bases. At the same time, they created a line of small vases and bowls and christened it as "Chloron Ware". 19 shapes were used, and given shape numbers between C10 and C28.

The designs were fairly organic in nature, representing a more simplified aesthetic than the Grueby or Teco offerings of the day. There is a certain continuity of forms within the line, making each piece identifiable as a Chloron design.

The glaze used on Chloron was no different from the original matt green, which could be smooth or variegated depending on the application. The bases of Chloron pieces are covered in a clear matt glaze only, with a cursive "Chloron" ink-stamp, and often including a complicated TRPCo ink-stamp logo.

When was Chloron made?
The Chloron line was only produced in 1905.

Several of the original Chloron forms were reused as part of the Rozane Egypto line, and then used again for the more generic matt green line as it evolved. The actual Chloron line existed for a very short time, possibly only months before it was supplanted by the Rozane Egypto line as part of the effort to consolidate the lines into an organized group.

Below are the shapes offered in the Roseville Pottery Chloron line.