Antique 1900 Rookwood Pottery Vase High Glaze 5.5 H x 4" w Arts & Crafts Mission.
Here is a fine example
of an American art pottery vase made by the Rookwood Art Pottery of
Cincinnati, Ohio, decorated with Crocus Flowers ? under the company's standard glaze. This vase was made in
1900 - the year after Rookwood was awarded the Grand Prix at the Paris
International Exposition held in 1900. This was the greatest exposition
ever held up to that time and the first time an American enterprise was
acknowledged as the best in the world for artistic and industrial
achievement. Many awards were to follow in 1901 including the Gold
Medal at the Pan American Exposition held in Buffalo, NY, and the Grand
Prix at the Exposition Internationale de Ceramiques et de Verrerie held
in St. Petersburg, Russia. The vase is 5.5" tall in shape number 162 D.