Rufus B. Keeler and Brad Keeler

father and son ceramists

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Poetry, Prose, & Pottery

Cati Porter's Substack posts on Brad and Rufus Keeler
Resources for Collectors
- The Tile Heritage Foundation
  
  Resources for Rufus Keeler, Calco, and Malibu Pottery collectors
- The International Dinnerware Museum
  
  A collector has donated her lobster ware buffet service to them. Here's hoping they will eventually have an exhibit!
- Rufus B. Keeler and Brad Keeler collectors' group on Facebook
  
  Private group page. Request membership.
- Rufus B. Keeler and Brad Keeler Collectors Page on Facebook
  
  Publicly accessible

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Keeping their legacies alive for future generations of collectors

Rufus Keeler (seated) with son Brad (on the armrest) and daughter Jeanne (in his lap) in their home in South Gate, California.

This website is dedicated to the preservation of the legacies of Rufus B. Keeler and Brad Keeler, father and son ceramists, the sharing of information and resources related to their work, and the building of a community of collectors working together to keep the history alive.

Please use the contact form to send along any questions, tidbits, or related information you might have related to either Rufus or Brad Keeler and we will do our best to respond in a timely manner.

If you wish to reference or use the history and related information that I've collected here, please refer back to this website.

A new book, Our So-Called Safe and Perfect Bodies, exploring their lives and the repercussions of their early deaths (ages 49 and 39, respectively) is forthcoming in April 2027.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

To better understand why I collect Rufus and Brad Keeler, read this old post. For more about me, Catherine (Cati) Porter, and what I am trying to accomplish here, please visit our About page.

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