Sara Sax / Rookwood Pottery Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau "Poppy" pitcher 1906

SARA SAX  (1870-1949)
ROOKWOOD POTTERY   Cincinnati, OH

“Poppy” pitcher 1906

High fire ceramic with “Iris” glaze depicting five salmon pink poppies in various stages of blooming all on a rare handled pitcher form.

Marks: RP insignia, VI (1906), SAX (intertwined for Sara Sax), 772

For more information on Rookwood see: The Book of Rookwood Pottery, Herbert Peck (New York: Bonanza, 1968) pp. 60, 63, 64, 112, 140, 146, & 156 ; American Ceramics: The Collection of Everson Museum of Art, ed. Barbara Perry (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1989) p.108.

H: 8 1/4″ x Dia: 4 1/2″