Artus Van Briggle for Van Briggle Pottery, Rare vase

Artus Van Briggle for Van Briggle Pottery
Rare and Early vase

USA, 1904
glazed earthenware, patinated metal
4.25 h × 4.5 dia in (11 × 11 cm)

This work was likely made for the 1904 St. Louis Exposition, the metal base designed and executed by one of two Japanese craftsmen hired by the company, R. Ito or S. Riosetts Fujiura.

Incised signature and date to underside 'AA Van Briggle 1904'.

Provenance: Important Private Collection

Exhibited: From Our Native Clay: Art Pottery from the Collections of the American Ceramic Arts Society, 10 July - 28 August 1987, Christie's, New York

Literature: From Our Native Clay: Art Pottery from the Collections of the American Ceramic Arts Society, Eidelberg (ed.), pg. 62, no. 102 illustrates this example

This work will preview and ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Condition Report: Two opposing hairlines to rim, each approximately 1/2" and two breaks to metal decoration, the larger 3/8". Several very tight firing lines to base, most likely from application of metal.