Collection Online as of May 26, 2022
Vase
Earthenware
Diameter: 18.9 x 15.4 cm (7 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George A. Seeley 1988.126
Location
208 American Gilded Age and Realism
Description
This vase's distinctive metallic sheen is achieved through a technique known as luster glazing, in which ground metals, typically silver, gold, or platinum, are incorporated into the glazing process. A green-gold luster glaze forms the vase's decoration of vines and leaves.
Weller Pottery
Samuel A. Weller (1851-1925). American potter active from 1871, notable after he set up a pottery at Zanesville, OH, in 1888. In 1894 he bought the Lonhuda pottery and transferred it to Zanesville the following year. Some distinguished designers and decorators were employed. e.g. F. H. Rhead, Charles Babcock Upjohn, Albert Haubrich, and Jacques Sicard, whom he brought from France. Sicard was responsible for handsome vases with iridescent glazes, made c. 1901-07 and called Sicardo ware. The factory closed in 1948.