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Metadata
Object ID |
2015.007.008 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Sicardo Vase in Purple and Green with Iridescent Snail Decorations |
Date |
Circa 1902 |
Decorator |
Jacques Sicard (1865-1923) |
Designer |
Jacques Sicard (1865-1923) |
Makers Marks |
This piece has an impressed manufacturer's mark on the underside that reads WELLER in small sans serif font. This piece also has an impressed "X", an impressed "3", an impressed "5", and an impressed "3" on the underside. This piece also has an etched SICARDO Weller manufacturer's mark on the back near the base. |
Description |
An example from Weller Pottery Company's Sicardo line introduced in 1902 and discontinued in 1907, this vase was designed and decorated by French ceramicist Jacques Sicard (1865-1923) and features an iridescent glaze and snail decorations. Sicard studied with the French ceramicist Clément Massier who operated a factory and gallery complex in Golfe-Juan along France's Côte d'Azur. In 1883, Massier developed an iridescent, metallic luster glaze, which was awarded a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Massier's student and apprentice, Jacques Sicard and his partner Henri Gellée, came to the United States by invitation of Sam Weller, the owner of Weller Pottery Company, to replicate Massier's iridescent line. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Hand Decorated |
Height (in) |
7.250 |
Width (in) |
5.500 |
Depth (in) |
5.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Art Nouveau |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of David and Marjorie Lasky |
Source Collection |
Lasky Collection |
People |
Lasky, Lester Sicard, Jacques Lasky, David and Marjorie |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Animals Art Nouveau Bugs Cast Green Hand Decorated Insects Iridescent Luster Metallic Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Purple Sicardo Snails Vases Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) Weller Pottery Company Early Lines Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |