Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1985.16269 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Sicardo Thumbprint Vase in Purple and Green with Iridescent Sunflower Decorations |
Date |
Circa 1902 |
Decorator |
Jacques Sicard (1865-1923) |
Designer |
Jacques Sicard (1865-1923) |
Makers Marks |
This piece has an etched manufacturer's mark on the left side base that reads SICARD WELLER. This piece also has a die-impressed "8" on the underside. |
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 sunflower decorations in an iridescent glaze; there are decorative indentations in the vase in the center of the sunflowers. 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) |
10.500 |
Diameter (in) |
3.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Art Nouveau |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of the Decker Family in Memory of William E. Decker, Jr. |
People |
Decker Family Sicard, Jacques |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Art Nouveau Cast Flowers Green Hand Decorated Iridescent Luster Metallic Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Purple Sicardo Sunflowers Thumbprint Vases 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 |