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Metadata
Object ID |
2007.1.687 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Woodcraft Vase Featuring an Owl and a Squirrel |
Date |
Circa 1920 |
Designer |
Rudolph Lorber (1873-1952) |
Makers Marks |
This piece has a die-impressed manufacturer's mark on the underside that is called Impressed Large Roman Block Weller. |
Description |
An example from Weller Pottery Company's Woodcraft line, which was produced from 1920 to 1933 and designed by Rudolph Lorber (1873-1952), this brown vase resembles a tree trunk with a brown owl looking out from the inside and a brown squirrel climbing down the side. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed |
Height (in) |
18.500 |
Diameter (in) |
7.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Art Pottery |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Paul J. and Kimberly A. Diamond |
Source Collection |
Paul J. and Kimberly A. Diamond Collection |
People |
Diamond, Paul Lorber, Rudolph |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Animals Brown Cast Climbing Leaves Matte Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Owls Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Squirrels Trees Vases Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) Weller Pottery Company Middle-Period Lines Woodcraft Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
On view in the American Art Pottery Gallery, 1st Floor |