Permanent Collection Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
1979.12834 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Louwelsa Miniature Fluted Vase Featuring Floral Motif |
Date |
Introduced 1896 |
Decorator |
Unknown |
Makers Marks |
The underside has a half circle impressed manufacturer's mark LOUWELSA / WELLER, and an impressed "138" and "4". |
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 floral motif 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) |
4.500 |
Diameter (in) |
3.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Mary Louise Somers in Memory of Charles H. and Clara Stitt Somers |
People |
Somers, Mary Louise |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Arts and Crafts Movement Brown Cast Flowers 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 |