Sara Sax / Rookwood Pottery Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau "Poppy" pitcher 1906 More Information
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.
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte Brass Candleholder and Match Safe 1906
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Candlestick holder and match safe 1906
Hand wrought brass with beading around the perimeter of the edges
Marks: JH monogram, WIENER/WERK/STÄTTE, rosemark
Model illustrated: Österreichische Werkkultur, Max Eisler (Vienna: Österreichischer Werkbund, 1916). (slipcovered); Wiener Werkstätte G. M. B. H. catalog (December 1923), p. 114
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