1906 Weller Pottery Etna "Bombard Tankard" Vase-USA

Antique American Made Pottery From Fultonham, Ohio.......Weller Pottery!
Ohio was a center of pottery production in the 1800's and early 1900's because of its abundant clay deposits, good waterways, and artistic resources. It all began when immigrants from Staffordshire, England brought their pottery-making expertise to East Liverpool giving a "boom" to the clay arts industry in the state of Ohio. This quickly led to Ohio being known as the “Pottery Capital of the USA” all through the 18th and 19th centuries.

Ohio's Weller Pottery:
In 1872, when Samuel Augustus Weller (1851−1925) was 21, he established and operated a one-man pottery in Fultonham in Muskingum County, Ohio. Between 1882−1890, he had expanded to Zanesville, with a factory on Pierce Street along the river. In 1893 he saw William Long's Lonhuda ware at the Chicago World's Fair, and Long joined Weller to produce this faience-glazed pottery line. When Long left Weller's employ after less than a year, Weller renamed the faience line Louwelsa after his daughter Louisa, who had been born in 1896.
By 1897, Henry Schmidt designed Weller's Turada line, the first "squeeze-bag" pottery line in the Ohio valley. Decorators used squeeze-bags like cake decorators, squeezing the paint onto the ceramic rather than painting it on with brushes.
From 1902−1907, Jacques Sicard and Henri Gellie worked at Weller's pottery to develop a metallic glaze, which had been introduced by Clement Massier in France by 1889, as Reflets Metalliques. The Sicardo line went into production in the fall of 1903, but the process was difficult, and only about 30% of the finished pots were marketable.
In this same period, between 1902 and 1905, Weller had become the world's largest pottery and mass-producer of art pottery. In 1903 and 1904, Frederick Hurten Rhead worked for a short time at Weller Pottery, developing Jap Birdimal line in 1904. He left in 1904 to become Roseville Pottery's first art director, and later designed the very popular Fiesta line for Homer Laughlin China Company.
At the St. Louis Exposition in 1904, Weller had huge display, including a 7.5 ft vase, and a working studio, complete with a kiln. The earlier Weller art pottery designs that became ceramic-ware were:
Louwelsa 1896–1924
Dickensware I 1897–1898
Dickensware II 1900–1905
Dickensware III 1903–1904
Turada 1897–1898
Aurelian 1898–1910
Eocean 1898–1918
Sicard 1902–1907
Jap Birdimal 1903
Fru Russet 1904
Floretta 1904
Hunter 1904
Matt Floretta 1904
Perfecto 1904
Dresden 1905–1910
*Etna 1906
Burntwood and Claywood 1910
From 1916−1929, Rudolph Lorber developed Brighton birds, Muskota, Woodcraft, Forest, Glendale and other great naturalistic lines, ending with Coppertone in 1929. In 1917, Weller had introduced the family of Hudson lines. In this same period, Dorothy England Laughead created Silvertone, Chase, and the Garden Animals. John Lessell headed the decorating department from 1920−1924, developing luster−glaze lines including LaSa, Marengo, Cloudburst, Lamar, and others.
On July 1, 1922, Weller Pottery incorporated as "S.A. Weller, Inc."
Samuel Augustus Weller died on October 4, 1925. His nephew Harry Weller became president from 1925−1932, introducing continuous kiln operation. He consolidated the Weller plants in 1931 due to depression era economics, and died in auto crash in 1932. From 1930−1932, the last freehand decorated lines introduced at Weller were Stellar, Geode, Cretone, Raceme, and Bonito.
From 1932−1933, Sam Weller's son-in-law Frederic Grant was president for one year. When Grant divorced from Weller's daughter Ethel, Weller's other son-in-law, Irvin Smith, (married to Louise) became president from 1933−1937.
By 1935, freehand decoration had ended at Weller Pottery; from 1935−1948, Weller produced simplified embossed lines. From 1937−1948, Walter Hughes, a ceramic engineer and former employee at American Encaustic Tiling Company, was Weller Pottery's last president. During 1947−1948, Essex Wire Corporation acquired a controlling share in Weller, closing the pottery in 1948.

*Etna pottery is a line of art pottery made by Weller Pottery of Ohio in 1906.
Hand-painted and decorated with botanical, animal, or fruit under the glaze, the Etna line was Art Nouveau artisan pottery at it's finest.
This Etna is a Large Bombard Tankard Style Pitcher that would have came with 4 or more matching Small Bombard Tankards Cups making a collectible set. Unfortunately, MemoryLaneVintiques never has been in possession of the matching tankards in the set or knows their location. This Weller Etna was purchased at an Estate Sale in Arlington, Texas and was being used as a Floral Vase.
Has light crazing but otherwise in AMAZING CONDITION for 118 yrs old!
Colors are great and glaze has an excellent shine.
Weighs 4 pounds (empty)
13.75" Tall
5" X 5" Base Diameter
4-3/16" Edge Diameter-Spout to Brim
10" Full Handle Length
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