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

Vase

Manufacturer Weller Pottery Company (1872 - 1948)

Manufacturer Hester W. Pillsbury

Designer Hester W. Pillsbury

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1920

MediumStoneware

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

InscribedIncised: "Weller Pottery". Initialed "I-P".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number78.459

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 58

DescriptionWhite glaze, decorated with black designs of deer and floral motifs. Initialed "I-P'". Bulbous shaped, large mouth.

Label TextVase American, ca. 1920 Stoneware Decorated by Hester W. Pillsbury for Weller Pottery, Zanesville, Ohio. This is one of the few pieces of Weller pottery that appears to embrace the Art Deco style. By the time this was made, the pottery was concentrating on commercial lines but this seems to be a unique piece by Pillsbury, a decorator who got her start at Roseville Pottery. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 78.459