CAROLINE STEINLE ROOKWOOD POTTERY MUG, C. 1900

CAROLINE STEINLE (AMER, 1871-44), ROOKWOOD POTTERY MUG, C. 1900, H 6"An early 20th century 'Standard Glaze Ware' Rookwood Pottery vase. Decorated by Caroline Steinle with hand-painted fruit and foliate designs on a subdued ochre and umber ground. Signature branding, artist's signature and numerical marking (328B) impressed to the underside. Rookwood's Standard Glaze ware was responsible for the company's meteoric rise to fame in the late 1880s and quickly became the firm's most recognizable ware. From the estate of Gerald Torrence, Chicago. Dimensions: Condition Report: Good; moderate crazing throughout. CP