CAROLINE STEINLE ROOKWOOD POTTERY VASE, 1898

CAROLINE STEINLE (AMER, 1871-1944), ROOKWOOD POTTERY VASE, 1898, H 7.5", DIA 5"A late 19th century 'Standard Glaze Ware' Rookwood Pottery vase. Decorated by Caroline Steinle with hand-painted foliate designs on a subdued ochre and umber ground. Signature branding, artist's signature and numerical marking (733) 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; minor crazing throughout. CP