Featured Ceramic Vase - What Did I Buy?

Now that brought a chuckle!!

 

The crash in the night will be a lot less funny!

 

I think you're correct!

 

The more glaze on the muted vases is called "Ivotint". I forgot all about Ivotint. Brush was kind of like Weller in that they used the same shapes and patterns in different glazes. I'm not sure there was ever a Brush line called "Amaryllis". I think it was a collector's name given to items in that mold decor. That's why there is no catalog sheet specifically called Amaryllis. (As always, I'm willing to be corrected)!
Don

 

If the vase is 49cm, that seller has very big hands.

 

Seller writes that it is 10 - 12 inches tall. It has already arrived at local sorting center, so could have in a day or 2. Taking bets on whether USPS will make an honest attempt to deliver or claim they did & make me go pick it up.

 

10-12" vase = seller with normal sized hands

 

Mirabile dictu, USPS put it directly into my hands. The other miracle is that it got here safely, as seller is as unfamiliar with how to pack pottery for mailing as with how to use a ruler. Vase is 8 3/4 inches in height; base is 3 inches in diameter. Love all the subtleties in the color:






Does the numbering of this one indicate it is from the Kolorkraft days? It would seem to be the same shape/size as #090, more vibrantly colored. It appears to have an odd bit of clay that got fired & glazed into the bottom of the interior, looks a bit as though a katydid got in & died there. Is there a term for this irregularity?*

 

* This dab of extra material is opposite the unglazed patch on the outside bottom, although not a match in shape.

 

It looks much prettier in these pictures. I wouldn't worry too much about the exact date. Amaryllis may have been production for a decade or so (1920's predominately) but not much longer than that. I doubt we'll ever know exactly what the numbers indicate. Odd bits of clay do pop up on Brush pieces pretty regularly. Not sure there's any real term for it. I would doubt there's any connection between the extra clay on the inside and the missing glaze on the outside. Glad it arrived okay. It's amazing how pieces survive!
Don

 

Thanks, Don. In the name of accurate attribution, I was wondering what the correct name for the company would have been, perfectly happy to settle for 1920s - 30s for age. Try dating cameos with any accuracy, unless engraver did it for you!

Had to evict something else to give it a good niche:



It makes an excellent backdrop for the birds, n'est-ce pas?

 

Most collectors consider this as Brush Pottery. The bulk of amaryllis production was done in the late 1920's - after the split. It does not usually appear in McCoy Pottery reference guides for that reason. And it looks very happy with its bird friends!
Don

 

Didn't see this thread until now. This piece is undoubtedly an old antique piece and a good find. Lots of unmarked McCoy, Brush, and Weller pottery that are sleepers overlooked by many.

 

Just replied in the other thread, before seeing this. Really reassuring to have your approval.

The lidded corn ware jar mentioned in the other post belonged to my grandmother & neither my mother nor her brother could remember a time when it was not on her kitchen counter. After she died & my grandfather decided to move to an apartment, the family gathered at the house ahead of the planned estate sale to distribute things my grandfather did not want to keep. When we got to the kitchen, my mother asked, Who wants that thing?, indicating the jar. No one spoke up. I went over to have a closer look & said that for what it was, it seemed extremely well done to me & I just couldn't imagine it leaving the family when none of us could remember a time it wasn't there. The workmanship is clearly superior to that on most other pieces I have or have seen.

 

I had not seen this thread either, but I have read it to the end. How nice to have DB's and others' expertise and explanations. And I quite like the piece, Bronwen.

(And my idea of pottery is Johnson Bros.)

 

Both the color & shape appealed to me, the price seemed reasonable, as in, I was willing to pay it, not knowing what it really was or what others have sold for. I really did not expect the gang to pin it down as rapidly & as accurately as they did. I was just hoping not to hear a pronouncement of 'Japanese knockoff junk'. Very pleased with my purchase & very grateful to all who shared their thoughts, knowledge & reference books.

 

Not sure what the numbers on the bottom are in reference to. Shape & size are most likely in my opinion. In some factories the workers marked the bottom of pieces since they were paid piece rate and had to track how many they did so they could get paid properly for their efforts.

 

Thanks again. Think we did not find it in any other size, which of course does not mean such things don't exist, just different paint jobs, with the number 090. Hardly scientific; we had one old sale listing & one book reference. I have become greedy. Started thread with limited expectations, now I expect to learn everything.