posted on September 8, 2005 06:07:32 AM
This looks like a piece of yellowware, but the glaze is pink and the bottom is unglazed. The glaze and design looks like Weller, but it is stoneware. Any ideas of what to call it?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline
posted on September 8, 2005 09:31:42 AM
Might it be the top part of a jardinière without the base?
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posted on September 8, 2005 09:35:45 AM
Sorry - should have posted the diameter, it's on the small side 5-1/4 inches in diameter, 4 inches in height - I wonder if it's a small McCoy mixing bowl or the shape almost looks like a little planter, now that you mention jardiniere.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline
posted on September 8, 2005 11:46:10 AM
I pictured something much bigger. Would a mixing bowl be unglazed on the rim or bottom. Would be hard to wash. Maybe it is a small flower pot. -----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o
“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
posted on September 8, 2005 12:55:44 PM
Hi...I had a small jardiniere a while back that had the same general shape with the same "squared" tab like things and striped sides. (Different color and pattern) It turned out to be an unsigned Brush/McCoy that booked for over 100.00. You might want to check out older McCoy. Marian
posted on September 8, 2005 02:28:45 PM
I couldn't find it in either my McCoy or my Hull book. Most, if not all, of my McCoy has been glazed on the bottom. Same with Hull. But I never had anything of theirs that was truly ancient.
posted on September 8, 2005 05:00:09 PM
Thanks for checking the books, Twig - and for the additional info, all. I'm stumped, I really thought McCoy, but with the unglazed bottom, that may not be the case. I'll keep checking around. I've even gone through all the completeds for pink bowls! I'm running out of ideas. I'll start on google tomorrow.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline
posted on September 8, 2005 07:20:42 PM
caroline- Try calling it a jardiniere or a planter. I truly can't remember on the oldest pieces about the glaze on the bottom and my book probably does not have everything they did.
glassgrl- My McCoy book has something similar, but I'd check with Roseville. The "blades" go almost all the way up on the McCoy piece with no "circles" or "rays" coming down, although the same color scheme is used.
The potteries of the day would "borrow" styles from each other and the "lower" potteries would often try to imitate the better ones to try and grab some sales with a slightly lesser product. With the number of potteries in the Roseville, Ohio region putting "Roseville" on their wares, you can see why it can be so confusing to the average collector.
I like the style and glazes of the older pots. I need to get a book on Roseville and Weller.
I just bought "Pictorial Guide To Pottery and Porcelain Marks" by Chad Lage. What a great book! This has Continental, American and Japanese marks with photos of the item and the mark. Worth every cent of the $29.95. Another marks book I have, which I find indispensable is "Lehner's Encyclopaedia of US Marks on Pottery, Porcelain and Clay".
posted on September 8, 2005 07:58:11 PM
Glassgirl,
Your pot is still being made in several sizes. The new ones are marked RRPC Roseville, O
They are made by (I hope I get the spelling right) Robinson Rainsbottom Pottery Co.
Carolyn,
I can't identify your pot, but it sure is pretty.
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Caroline 