Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2005.119 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Louwelsa Vase Featuring a Dog |
Date |
Introduced 1896 |
Decorator |
Unknown |
Signature |
Illegible |
Signature Location |
Partial illegible signature on back near base |
Makers Marks |
The underside has an incised manufacturer's mark LOUWELSA / WELLER and an impressed "X485". |
Description |
An example of Weller Pottery Company's early Louwelsa line introduced in 1896, this vase by an unknown pottery decorator, features a graceful hand-decorated dog 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) |
11.000 |
Diameter (in) |
8.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Judith Downey Tucker and Mark R. Downey |
Source Collection |
Downey Family Collection |
People |
Tucker, Judi Downey and Downey, Mark |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Animals Arts and Crafts Movement Brown Cast Dogs Hand Decorated High Gloss Louwelsa Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Sprayed with an Atomizer Underglaze Slip Painted Vases Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) Weller Pottery Company Early Lines Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |