Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1992.16475 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Lonhuda Faience Trumpet Vase in Brown with Floral Display |
Date |
Circa 1895 |
Decorator |
Elizabeth Ayers (1862-1947) |
Designer |
William A. Long (1844-1918) |
Cipher |
An incised "EA" for Elizabeth Ayers appears on the underside. |
Makers Marks |
This piece has an impressed manufacturer's mark on the underside that reads Lonhuda / Shield Surrounding LF / 64. |
Description |
An example from Weller Pottery Company's Lonhuda Faience line produced circa 1895, this brown trumpet vase, hand decorated by Elizabeth Ayers (1862-1947), features a display of orange flowers. Ayers was the sister of Edward M. Ayers, the co-founder of the Zanesville Museum of Art. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze, Underglaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Hand Decorated, Underglaze Slip Painted, Atomizer Sprayed |
Height (in) |
8.000 |
Diameter (in) |
5.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Thomas |
People |
Ayers, Elizabeth Long, William A. Thomas, Raymond W. |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Arts and Crafts Movement Brown Cast Female Artists Flowers Hand Decorated High Gloss Lonhuda Faience Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Orange 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 |