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Standard Glaze Vase with Tulips

Creator: Mary Nourse -Rookwood Pottery
Offered by: Lillian Nassau LLC

Description
Standard Glaze Vase with Tulips
Mary Nourse for Rookwood Pottery Co.
1899

This exceptional example of Rookwood’s Standard Glaze was produced in 1899 and was included in the company’s display at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris; the piece retains the original sticker with embossed design produced by Rookwood specifically for this important exhibition on the underside.

The simple form of the vase is decorated with a delicately rendered underglaze motif of tulips in warm earthy tones under a brilliant clear glaze, painted by renowned Rookwood decorator Mary Madeline Nourse (1870-1959). Nourse worked at the company from 1891 until 1905. Nourse’s vases typically depict natural motifs, including birds and flowers with a particular affinity for tulips. Her work for Rookwood is represented in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum.

This important piece of Rookwood Pottery features impressed firm’s marks, model number, and incised artist’s signature, in addition to the period sticker.

Height: 13 ¼ inches (33.7 cm)

Reference:
Herbert Peck, The Book of Rookwood Pottery (Herbert Peck Books, 1986)

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	19th Century
Creation Date:	1899
Styles / Movements:	Art Nouveau, Modern
Incollect Reference #:	811175

Dimensions

H.	13.25 in;
H.	33.66 cm;

Message from Seller:

Lillian Nassau LLC, established in 1945, specializes in the extraordinary work of Tiffany Studios and Louis Comfort Tiffany, including lamps, glass, pottery, and metalwork. With over seventy-five years of expertise, they also offer 19th and 20th-century Decorative Art, Design, and Sculpture—contact them today at 212.759.6062 or via email at info@lilliannassau.com.