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Posted 8 years ago
ho2cultcha
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I think that this piece may be a California Pottery piece too, although i'm not sure. it has a very black glaze - almost mirror black, but w/ a slight oily sheen to it. I didn't notice the neat seams on each side till i put it under this bright light in my office. I wonder who could have made this piece? artpottery? artfoot?
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Sorry, I'm as puzzled as you are on this one.
thanks anyways artfoot. i really like this piece alot!
Castware, might be Bauer
Not Bauer - maybe Panama.
Panama Pottery of Sacramento often turns up as the answer to California style pots that don't quite fit with the others. Since you're in the north, you might check into their work. It was Depression Era, like its competitors, and they had a thrower named Victor Axleton whose work often gets attributed to Matt Carlton of Bauer.
thank you artfoot! i am a little familiar w/ Panama. that would be cool if this is one. did they cast pots too?
I don't really know a lot about them. The name is Victor Axleson, to correct the earlier response. Web says they started in 1913 and kind of faded away but are still sort of in business too (if that makes any sense). Production continued into the 1970s (at least) and methods probably changed. With that said, I don't think this is early Panama. And I suppose you can't rule out Garden City.
There is something troubling about that mold line - is there a corresponding line on the opposite side? The underside looks wheel-trimmed which seems an odd step for a cast piece, though I suppose that could be an in-mold pattern.
yes, there is a corresponding line on the other side of the pot - but these lines can only be seen under a very bright light. they are virtually invisible. it's good work, for sure. the base does have that wheel-turned look, but the mold could have that in it as well. i'll look to see if there's any trace of it going across the base.
i think it looks way too much like panama to discard that theory. i saw the same black color on the same color/texture base on several of their other pots. did you discard that one because of the glazed over base or the mold marks? it could have been an experiment. there's no sign of the mold on the base, just clearly on the two sides. strange...
I've had Panama vases in the past with glazed undersides but I remember them as being flat. I remember them also as being heavy but I am completely unfamiliar with any of the later Panama products. I wouldn't rule them out but I wouldn't be too sure either.
this base is definitely convex, not flat. it's a little heavy, but not out of proportion heavy.