Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2004.16 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Aurelian Vase with a Portrait of Man Wearing a Fez |
Date |
Circa 1898 |
Decorator |
Charles Fouts (1903-1958) |
Signature |
Fouts |
Signature Location |
Partial underglaze signature on viewer's right. |
Makers Marks |
This piece has an incised manufacturer's mark on the underside that reads Aurelian / WELLER. This piece also has "542 / 7" die-impressed on the underside. |
Description |
An example of Weller Pottery Company's early Aurelian line introduced in 1898, this vase hand-decorated by Charles Fouts (1903-1958), features a portrait of a black man wearing a Fez hat on a hand-brushed dark brown background with a golden sunburst of light around the decoration. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Underglaze Slip Painted, Sprayed with an Atomizer |
Height (in) |
20.000 |
Diameter (in) |
7.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Friends of Art |
People |
Fouts, Charles Purchase, Friends of Art |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Arts and Crafts Movement Aurelian Cast Clothing / Dress Fez Hats Figures, Men Hand Decorated Headwear High Gloss Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Portraits Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Sprayed with an Atomizer Underglaze Slip Painted Vases Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) Weller Pottery Company Early Lines Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
On view in the American Art Pottery Gallery, 1st Floor |