Jacques Sicard / Weller Pottery French Art Nouveau iridescent vase c. 1901-1907More Information
Jacques Sicard / Weller Pottery French Art Nouveau iridescent vase c. 1901-1907
JACQUES SICARD (décor) (1865-1923) France
WELLER POTTERY (form) Zanesville, OH
Vase c. 1901-1907
Earthenware with handpainted multicolored iridescent glaze
Other works by Sicard illustrated: Decorative Art 1880-1980, Dan Klein & Margaret Bishop (Oxford: Christie’s Ltd./Phaidon,1986) p. 109; The Ideal Home: 1900-1920, ed. Janet Kardon (New York: American Craft Museum, 1993) p. 166.
H: 9″
In 1902, Samuel Weller invited Sicard and his assistant Henri Gelie to Zanesville, where they developed a spectacular line of iridescent pottery called “Sicardo-Weller”. Sicard left the Weller Pottery in 1907 and never revealed the secrets to their copper-lustre glaze.
French Art Deco / Boivin (attr.) / Strekers, 11 rue de Pyramides 75001 Paris (maker’s mark) “Fan Shape” clip / brooch, 18K gold with fancy hard and baguette cut citrines and a large cabochon ruby (6.50 carats), marks c. 1938