AN EARTHENWARE VASE

RHEAD FOR WELLER FAIENCE

Details
AN EARTHENWARE VASE
Rhead for Weller Faience
Baluster form, depicting a group of bespectacled rabbits marching in procession in polychrome glaze, incised Rhead on body and Weller Faience B488 1 on base of vessel
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

This vase was from Frederick Hurten Rhead's Jap-Birdimal series. Although the decoration mainly consisted of figural compositions, many designs featured fish or animals.

cf. Sharon Dale, Frederick Hurten Rhead: An English Potter in America, 1986, p. 39, fig. 42 for a black and white illustration and p. 70, pl. III for a color illustration of another vase with rabbit decoration.