Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2000.17 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Lonhuda Faience Vase Featuring Mulberry Leaves and Fruit |
Date |
1898-1901 |
Decorator |
Anna Fulton Best (1874-1955) |
Designer |
William A. Long (1844-1918) |
Makers Marks |
This piece has an impressed manufacturer's mark on the underside that reads 308 / Shield Surrounding LF / Lonhuda. |
Description |
This pillow vase is a wonderful example from Weller Pottery Company's Lonhuda Faience line produced circa 1895. The subtle brown, blue, and cream background colors were applied with an atomizer and created a dramatic backdrop for the hand-decorated mulberry leaves and berries that were skillfully painted by the pottery decorator Anna Fulton Best (1874-1955) between 1898 and 1901 when she was in her mid-twenties. Best was born in Kentucky and moved to Zanesville, Ohio in 1898 when she married Nolan R Best (1871-1930) the Editor of the Zanesville Courier. She moved to Chicago in August 1901 with her husband who was offered a new position at a Chicago, Illinois newspaper. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze, Underglaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Hand Decorated, Underglaze Slip Painted, Atomizer Sprayed |
Height (in) |
8.000 |
Width (in) |
9.000 |
Depth (in) |
4.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Raymond W. Thomas in Memory of Eva L. Thomas |
People |
Best, Anna Fulton Long, William A. Thomas, Raymond W. |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Arts and Crafts Movement Blue Brown Cast Female Artists Flowers Footed Vessels Hand Decorated High Gloss Leaves 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 |