Dard Hunter for the Roycroft Workshops Arts and Crafts Unglazed Earthenware Vase with Tree Motif

Dard Hunter for the Roycroft Workshops Arts and Crafts Unglazed Earthenware Vase with Tree Motif
Circa 1904
Impressed with DH monogram and Roycroft Workshop symbol. Height 9 1/4 inches.
Works in pottery by Dard Hunter (1883-1966) are exceedingly rare. According to his descendants, Hunter made only six prototypes for designs in pottery during his tenure at the Roycroft Workshop and only ten original pieces are known to exist. Further, it is claimed that six of these pieces are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, including a green glazed earthenware vase with an Iris motif. A vase identical to the vase offered here is in the collection of The Wolfsonian in Florida. The extreme scarcity of known works by Dard suggests that the pottery wares he did create were experimental in nature and ultimately never entered into commercial production. For more about the life and work of Dard Hunter see www.dardhunter.com.

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