HAMPSHIRE POTTERY, MOTTLED MATTE TEAL GREEN LEAF & BUD VASE, EXPERIMENTAL GLAZE~

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For auction is a wonderful arts and crafts vessel made by The Hampshire Pottery Company of Keene, NH. The item is called a carved leaf and bud vase and it is done in Hampshire Pottery's experimental matte teal green glaze. The vase is a nice cabinet size as it stands 6 3/4" tall and is 4 1/8" in diameter at the shoulder. The foot has a diameter of 2 3/4". The mouth or opening has a diameter of 2 1/16" inside measurement.
The vase displays a great Arts and Crafts pattern of carved leaves with flower buds on a stem separating them. These are done in raised relief. It is considered a tapered shoulder form. The vase has a wonderful mottling and glaze runs in a matte teal glaze. The underside bottom edge displays that wonderful smooth round bottom edge with some teal glaze. Hampshire Pottery made only 1 version of this very popular form.
The vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. The vase is signed on the bottom with the incised "Hampshire Pottery" in Script letters along with the letter "M" in a Circle to Honor his Wife "Emoretta". She was the Sister of the founder, James Scollay Taft. There is also the mold number "33" also incised. There are numbers that are written in a blue glaze. This is how Cadmon Roberston marked his experimental glaze pieces. This one has 3 separate set of numbers that tread from the top:
581    The 5 is partially obscured by the glaze might be a 6
H 734315
0173539
This piece can be dated based on the "M" in a Circle mark. This was the mark that Cadmon Robertson used during his tenure with Hampshire Pottery. This vase was made, circa 1904-1914. Tapered shoulder vases in the leaf and bud pattern from Hampshire Pottery are becoming very hard to find. I'm quite sure that this pattern was created to compete with Grueby's carved leaves and bud vases. These vases are usually found in the matte cucumber green glaze, you rarely find these in an experimental glaze!!
This is an excellent example in both form and glaze. This is actually the very first one made in this glaze based on the numbers on the underside bottom. I can honestly say there are no excuses for this wonderful Arts and Crafts Style Vase. This vase would look outstanding on that Stickley arts and crafts style bookcase. I sure the buyer will be quite pleased with their purchase.
Hampshire Pottery started producing matte glazes in 1891. This was 7 years earlier than their main competitor "Grueby Faience" of Boston, Mass. Hampshire Pottery resembles the style of Grueby but were much more affordable as they were mold made pieces as opposed to hand thrown. Thus the nickname "Poor Mans Grueby" was given to this line by the Grueby Pottery collectors. Hampshire Pottery closed after Cadmon Robertson's death in 1914 and reopened again in 1916. They produced art pottery until 1917 and then they focused on dinnerware for hotels and restaurants along with souvenirs until 1923 when Hampshire Pottery closed permanently.
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