Vase, 1902-1907
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Artifact Overview
The Weller pottery, located in Zanesville, Ohio, was America's largest art pottery maker in the early 20th century. The Sicard line, produced from 1902 to 1907 and named after its creator, French artist Jacques Sicard, is considered Weller's most beautiful. The metallic, iridescent glaze created by Sicard was expensive to make. Sicard stayed at Weller for five years and returned to France in 1907, taking the glaze formula with him.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Vase
Date Made
1902-1907
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Decorated by Jacques Sicard at Weller Pottery Company in Zanesville, Ohio
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
78.73.40.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mr. Preston R. Bassett.
Material
Earthenware
Glaze
Color
Blue
Purple
Gold (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Diameter: 5 in
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SetAmerican Arts and Crafts Movement
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The Arts and Crafts movement emerged in the 1860s and 1870s in England, then the most industrialized country in the world. Theorists and designers promoted a return to an idealized past where artists and craftsmen collaborated to create beautiful and useful objects. Many of the movement's ideas spread to the United States by 1900. Here is a representative group of objects from our collection, featuring high-end to mass-market examples.