Bidspirit auction | A Group of Weller Pottery


A Group of Weller Pottery Louwelsa Art Pottery Vessels - This collection of American art pottery consists of vessels from the Louwelsa line produced by the Weller Pottery Company in Zanesville, Ohio, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Each piece is constructed of earthenware and features the factory's standard glaze, characterized by a high-gloss finish with a gradient color transition from deep chocolate brown to a warm golden amber. The collection includes a tall handled pitcher decorated with a hand-painted cherry and leaf motif, an ovoid berry vase with a thorny branch design and a hand-painted artist's monogram, possibly WM or WS, a slender vase with a scalloped piecrust rim and yellow floral decoration, and a bulbous jardiniere featuring narcissus or daffodils. Visible markings include an impressed LOUWELSA over WELLER stamp on the pitcher base alongside a block K and numbers 430 and 10. The berry vase bears an impressed circular LOUWELSA WELLER seal, the number 495, and a large X. The jardiniere is marked with an impressed size number 5. Tall Handled Pitcher: 14.5 inches in height Ovoid Berry Vase: 11 inches in height Tall Slender Flared Vase: 12 inches in height Bulbous Jardiniere: 7.5 inches in height and 9.5 inches in width. Burns in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Friday, June 26 from 10 am to 5 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax is collected on this auction. AB336