Curran-Pfeiff Corporation, a family business since 1924, is a expert ceramists:

WHAT WE MAKE( our specialty) :

1. Kiln posts (a/k/a Kiln Furniture, Shelf supports or Props).
2. Porcelain wire connectors (wire-nuts) for high temperature use. 3. Heating element holders for electric kilns, ovens, and infrared heaters. For coiled wire elements and ribbon elements.
4. Dental laboratory items: pegs, trays, porcelain stsacking dishes, crucibles and palettes.
5. Gas mantle rings and Nozzles (a/k/a Tips) for Gas Lighting.
6. Abrasive stones,
7. Bisque ware for decoration.
8. Saggers.
9. Doll House Items: miniature bricks & tile.
10. ?Dams? for firing art glass panels.
11. Costume Jewelry.
12. House address signs/Plaques, Garden ornaments.
13. Vases, Mugs, Favors, Finials, Knobs.
14. Architectural tile: glazed and unglazed,
15. Ceramic welding backing.

MATERIALS WE MAKE:

1. High temperature porcelain-glazed and nglazed.
2. Cordierites.
3. Clay bonded Mullites.
4. Clay bonded Silicon Carbides.
5. Zircon bodies.
6. Terra Cotta -glazed and unglazed.
7. Cone 06 bodies.Custom formulations for special applications.

HOW WE MAKE OUR WARE:

We extrude, press, cast, hand-make, glaze and decal. In the 1980~1990, under Joe von Tury's supervision, Curran-Pfeiff Corp began adding slip-casting and the age-old method of hand pressing plastic terra-cotta and earthenware in molds as well as decorating by hand painting, spraying, dipping and decaling. Through these processes we entered the field of architectural terra-cotta, primarily the replication and replacement of tile in historic buildings.

Our tiles are in the WAR MEMORIAL COLLEGE IN WAHINGTON, D.C.: THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD STATION IN BALTIMORE, MD: GRAND CENTRAL STATION IN NEW YORK CITY, and in the NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM.

We have replicated 100 years old GUASTAVINO AND ROOKWOOD TILE.