Frederick Miller (b.1913 d.2000)

A student of Horace Potter who established the jewelry design and silversmith area at the Cleveland School of Art and the Potter and Mellen store in 1900, Frederick Miller taught silversmith and bought the store from Potter carrying on the legacy that still exists today. His silver craft was art—usable and beautiful, modern and traditional today; he loved his material and sought to work in new free-forms especially in bowls which expanded the rules of design and application in hollowware. In developing his design and metalsmithing skills, he learned from as many different sources and colleagues as possible first at the Cleveland School of Art, as a student, and later as a teacher (1947-1975) and practiced his craft at Potter and Mellen as a master designer and craftsman and at his studio creating his own works of art in silver. He received many major awards starting with 21 consecutive years in the Cleveland Museum of Art May Show that created national attention as well and acclaim through exhibitions, awards, articles and films. At one time, every major silver company in North America had employed a former student of his.