Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2004.10 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Lonhuda Faience Vase in Green and Black with Birds on a Tree |
Date |
Circa 1895 |
Decorator |
Elizabeth Ayers (1862-1947) |
Designer |
William A. Long (1844-1918) |
Cipher |
An underglaze "EA" for Elizabeth Ayers appears on the tree. |
Makers Marks |
This piece has an impressed manufacturer's mark on the underside that reads 818 / Shield Surrounding LF / Lonhuda. |
Description |
An example from Weller Pottery Company's Lonhuda Faience line produced circa 1895, this vase, hand decorated by Elizabeth Ayers (1862-1947), features birds perched on a branch. 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) |
9.000 |
Diameter (in) |
4.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Friends of Art |
People |
Long, William A. Ayers, Elizabeth Purchase, Friends of Art |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Animals Arts and Crafts Movement Atomizers Birds Cast Female Artists Hand Decorated High Gloss Lonhuda Faience Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Trees 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 |