Hannah
Borger
Overbeck
was
the
second
of
four
sisters
who
established
Overbeck
Pottery
in
Cambridge
City,
Indiana
in
1911
with
the
goal
of
producing
high-quality,
handmade
ceramics
as
their
primary
source
of
income.
Pioneers
of
their
time,
the
women
owned
and
operated
every
aspect
of
their
business
until
the
last
of
their
deaths
in
1955.
While
initially
studying
photography,
Hannah
Borger
Overbeck
became
a
skilled
sketch
artist
and
watercolor
painter,
eventually
taking
charge
of
the
decorative
designs
for
the
pottery
studio.