Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2023.012.001 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Matt Louwelsa Vase Featuring Stylized Flowers |
Date |
1905 |
Decorator |
Unknown |
Description |
This vase is an unusual example from Weller Pottery Company's Matt Louwelsa line. Created in 1905, this piece features stylized flowers and bumble bee hand painted over a variegated dusty pink to dusty green background. The dry, granular surface texture of this vase is characteristic of Matt Louwelsa. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Hand Decorated, Glazed, Fired |
Height (in) |
11.050 |
Diameter (in) |
2.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Art Pottery |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
Source Collection |
Frank Norman Collection |
People |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Butterflies Cast Flowers Hand Decorated Insects Matt Louwelsa Matte Moths 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-Period Lines Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
On view in the Huntington National Bank Lobby Gallery, 1st Floor |