Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1999.88 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Louwelsa Lamp Base Featuring Berries and Leaves |
Date |
1896-1902 |
Decorator |
Minnie Helmick Mitchell (1876-1902) |
Signature |
Mitchell |
Signature Location |
Partial underglaze signature on viewer's right |
Makers Marks |
This piece is unmarked. |
Description |
An example of Weller Pottery Company's early Louwelsa line introduced in 1896, this lamp base showcases the talent of pottery decorator Minnie Helmick Mitchell (1876-1902) and features graceful hand-decorated berries and leaves 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) |
32.000 |
Diameter (in) |
10.000 |
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 Mitchell, Minnie Helmick |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Arts and Crafts Movement Berries Brown Cast Female Artists Hand Decorated High Gloss Lamp Bases Leaves Louwelsa Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Sprayed with an Atomizer Underglaze Slip Painted Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) Weller Pottery Company Early Lines Yellow Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |