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Metadata
Object ID |
2021.004.001 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Aurelian Floor Vase with Floral Decoration |
Date |
Circa 1896 |
Decorator |
Charles John Dibowski (1873-1923) |
Designer |
Karl Kappes (1861-1943) |
Signature |
CJ Dibowski |
Signature Location |
Green underglaze signature on viewers right side |
Cipher |
"KK" incised on underside for Karl Kappes, may indicate designer |
Makers Marks |
The underside has a hand-incised script manufacturer's mark Aurelian / Weller and the letter's "KK" for designer Karl Kappes. There is also an impressed "55 / 8". |
Description |
An example of Weller Pottery Company's early Aurelian line introduced in 1898, this large floor vase hand decorated by Charles John Dibowski (1875-1943), features graceful yellow-orange flowers on a hand-brushed dark brown background with a golden sunburst of light around the decoration. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Underglaze Slip Painted, Sprayed with an Atomizer |
Height (in) |
24.750 |
Diameter (in) |
11.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
People |
Dibowski, Charles John Kappes, Karl Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Arts and Crafts Movement Aurelian Brown Cast Floor Vases Flowers Hand Decorated High Gloss Late Victorian Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers 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 |
On view in the Shirley Gorsuch Gallery, 1st Floor |