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Weller Pottery Company, Vase, 1903-1907
Vase
Weller Pottery Company, Vase, 1903-1907
Weller Pottery Company, Vase, 1903-1907
DepartmentAmerican Art

Vase

Maker (1872 - 1949)
Designer (died 1923)
Date1901-1907
MediumEarthenware with iridescent glaze
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 9 × 5 1/2 in. (14 × 22.9 × 14 cm)
SignedSICARDO
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1984.2.3
DescriptionMold-made squat vase with double-ogee body and two ribbon handles, the whole covered with a pinkish-purple iridescent glaze of flowers (possibly nasturtiums) and leaves on a polka dot background with a deep wine color inside. The vase was designed and decorated by Jacques Sicard while working for the Weller Pottery Company in Zanesville, Ohio.
Provenance1984
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston Salem, NC, purchased from the Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York, NY in 1984. [1]

Notes:
[1] Collections Committee Meeting Minutes from October 1, 1984. See also, email correspondence with Barbara B. Millhouse, March 19, 2012.

Exhibition History
Published References
Status
On view
George Ohr, Vase, circa 1900
George E. Ohr
circa 1900
Edward T. Hurley, Rookwood Pottery Company, Vase, 1908
Edward T. Hurley
1908
Artus Van Briggle, Vase, 1920-1940
Artus Van Briggle
1920-1940
Anne Frances Simpson, Newcomb Pottery, Vase, 1929
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1929
Fernand Moreau, American Terra Cotta and Ceramic Company, Vase, circa 1905
Fernand Moreau
circa 1905
Rookwood Pottery, Vase, 1900
Rookwood Pottery Company
1900
Rookwood Pottery Company, Vase, 1929
Rookwood Pottery Company
1929
Overbeck Pottery, Vase, 1920-1930
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1920-1930
Van Briggle Pottery Company, Vase, 1902-1920
Artus Van Briggle
1902-1920
Ruskin Pottery, Vase, 1916
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1916
Ruskin Pottery, Vase, 1917
Ruskin Pottery
1917
Ruskin Pottery, Vase, 1916
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