Posted 9 years ago
upstatenyc…
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Hey all:
Still here, lurking. I made the jump to selling and have been very busy. Now I need some help, please?!
I found this yesterday, but I can't seem to find it online. It's 4 3/4" tall and about 4" at the widest point. The flower looks to be applied, the mark is very lightly incised (Weller Pottery), and there appears to be an artist's monogram below the Weller mark. Are there any Weller experts out there who might have more of a clue on what this is?
Thanks for the loves everyone!
it's a dogwood flower, if that is any help.
Thanks ho2! That does help. Still haven't found an exact match. This one looks... Special somehow. This is the fun part, right?
This is a piece of Weller Pottery. The line is Rosemont II, circa 1930 - 1933. These are hard to come by as they didn't make many; they were too easily damaged in transit. There was also an earlier line also called Rosemont, circa 1915 - 1917, in gloss black, usually with colorful birds.
P.S. The artist is Dorothy England, one of the better, more collectable artist.
In case you haven’t identified the flower, I see that 4 years ago it was incorrectly stated to be dogwood.
Dogwood flowers have only 4 petals, each with a brownish spot at the end of each petal.
The 4 petals and the spots represent the hands and feet of Jesus crucified on the cross.
Dogwood trees typically bloom around Easter time so are icons of Christian religion.
This flower on the vase could be a rose type which has an open form flower.
Even the stem looks like it may have a thorn on it.
The leaves have the typical rose look in their shape and kind of a “saw tooth” edge.