Rookwood Art Pottery LENORE ASHBURY 7" Iris Glaze Vase #922D, c. 1905

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This listing is for a beautiful Rookwood Art Pottery vase signed by decorator Lenore Ashbury and dated 1905. This nice vase has a soft smokey charcoal color around the top that shades to a soft grayish-peach and then to a cream color lower body. The vase is decorated with large peach colored flowers on tall pale celadon green stems and is finished with an Iris glaze. The base is marked with the incised Rookwood Pottery RP "flame" trademark stamp with "V" below which dates the vase to 1905 and has incised style number "922D" with artist's cipher for Laura Ashbury. She is one of Rookwood's most recognized decorators and worked at Rookwood from 1894-1931.
Measures just over 7" high with an overall width of 4" and a 2 3/8" diameter base.  Weighs 1.5 pounds.
This nice vase is in very good to excellent Estate condition and with the only noted flaw being a small black speck on the back of the vase that occurred during production. The vase has a lovely appearance although you can see faint crazing with magnification. There is also a faint nick in the glaze and minor scuffing on the foot ring.
The Rookwood Pottery Company was founded by Maria Longworth Nichols in 1880 and won numerous prestigious awards with their early pottery.  However, over the years she became less involved with the company and in 1890 the Rookwood Pottery Company was reorganized with William Taylor becoming President.  Rookwood is considered the premier name in American Art Pottery and even the more common pieces of the production ware period are collected for their elegant beauty. The Depression was difficult for the Rookwood factory although they continued to operate until 1967 when the factory was finally forced to close.
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