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Christopher Dresser / James Couper & Sons Rare Clutha vase c. 1890
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
JAMES COUPER & SONS Glasgow, Scotland
“Clutha” vase c. 1890
Blown strawberry glass
This Dresser form appears as Linthorpe Pottery model no. 114.
Illustrated: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904,exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 70.
Rare model.
H: 5 1/8” x W: 6”
Christopher Dresser / James Couper & Sons Rare Clutha vase c. 1890
TAPIO WIRKKALA (1915-1985) Finland
KULTAKESKUS OY Hämeenlinna
Vase 1968
Sterling silver in a streamlined sculptural form, canted cylindrical attached walnut plinth.
Marks: TW monogram, 916H (Finnish silver assay
mark), maker’s touch marks
Illustrated: Zilver uit Finland, exhib. cat., Leo De Ren (Antwerpen: Provinciaal Museum Sterckshof, 1995) p. 18.
H: 10 1/4″ x Dia: 3 1/4″
Price: $3,900
STEINGUTFABRIKEN VELTEN-VORDAMM Werk Velten, Germany
Vase c. 1920
Handpainted and glazed earthenware
Marks: VELTEN-VORDAMM company logo, 42
Similar work illustrated: Keramik und Bauhaus, Klaus Weber et al., exhib. cat. (Berlin: Bauhaus-Archiv, 1989), p. 229, illus. 289.
H: 7″