New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Bottle vase

Manufacturer Weller Pottery Company (1872 - 1948)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1880

MediumCeramic

DimensionsOverall: 12 in. (30.5 cm)

InscribedIncised mark on bottom: "Louwelsa/Weller".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2544

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DescriptionChinese-shaped tall cylindrical bottle with a small neck & a brown glaze decorated with wild roses and leaves in a green and yellow.

Published ReferencesMalcolm Haslam. _Marks and Monograms of the Modern Movement 1875-1930_. New York: Scribner's, 1977, p. 32 for marks.