Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1999.111 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Louwelsa Vase Featuring Sweet Peas |
Date |
Introduced 1896 |
Decorator |
Unknown |
Cipher |
"A.S." for unknown decorator on front below decoration |
Makers Marks |
The underside has a half circle impressed manufacturer's mark on the underside that reads LOUWELSA / WELLER. This piece also has an impressed "474", "4" and "U" on the underside. |
Description |
An example of Weller Pottery Company's early Louwelsa line introduced in 1896, this vase by an unknown pottery decorator, features graceful hand-decorated sweet peas on a dark shaded background sprayed on with an atomizer. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Underglaze Slip Painted, Glazed, Sprayed with an Atomizer |
Height (in) |
4.500 |
Diameter (in) |
2.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Bequest of Pauline Page |
Source Collection |
Pauline Page Collection |
People |
Page, Pauline |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Arts and Crafts Movement Brown Cast Flowers Hand Decorated High Gloss Louwelsa Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Sprayed with an Atomizer Sweet Peas 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 |