Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1942.10081 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Sicardo Jardinière Featuring an Iridescent Glaze and Floral 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 base that reads WELLER SICARD. |
Description |
An example from Weller Pottery Company's Sicardo line introduced in 1902 and discontinued in 1907, this jardinière was designed and decorated by French ceramicist Jacques Sicard (1865-1923) and features an iridescent glaze and undulating floral decorations typical of Art Nouveau. 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. This piece was purchased by the museum from British-American ceramicist Harry Wooliscroft Rhead in 1942, six years after the founding of the Zanesville Art Institute, now the Zanesville Museum of Art. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Hand Decorated |
Height (in) |
13.000 |
Diameter (in) |
16.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Art Nouveau |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Friends of Art |
People |
Sicard, Jacques Purchase, Friends of Art |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Art Nouveau Cast Flowers Green Hand Decorated Iridescent Jardinières Luster Metallic Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Purple Sicardo 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 |