Grueby Faience Company, Rare floor vase

Ruth Erickson for Grueby Faience Company
Rare and Exceptional floor vase

USA, c. 1905
glazed earthenware
21.75 h × 11 dia in (55 × 28 cm)

Vase features carved leaves and flowers and deep russet and cream glazes. Incised signature to underside 'ER 9/28'.

Provenance: Michiko and Al Nobel, Silver Lake, CA | Collection of Martin Eidelberg, New York | Rago, The Collection of Dr. Martin Eidelberg, 21 January 2017, Lot 1 | Private Collection, New York

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. 67, cat no. 111 illustrates this example

This work will preview and ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Condition Report: Overall very good condition. Touch-ups to several chips on high points. Very tight 11" spider line from base and up body, possibly in the making.