For Sale is a lovely Art Pottery Vase made by The Roseville Pottery Company of Zanesville, Ohio. The Pattern is called "Pinecone" and it is done in their highly collected Brown background glaze. This Pattern is one of Roseville's most desirable to collect. The Vase is a nice size as it stands 7 5/16" tall and is 4 1/8" in diameter outside handles measurement. The top opening is 3 1/8" outside measurements.

The Vase has a very pleasing Caramel Brown background Glaze with the background below the Pine Needles being a lighter yellow brown color. The piece depicts very realistic handles in the form of branches joined to a Pine Cone with Brown/Green Needles protruding from the Cone. The Pine Cone itself has very nice detail done in a light brown glaze color. The inside of the Vase is very clean and shows a blue green top opening glaze with a medium to light brown glaze underneath that reaching down to the bottom. The foot has a very "Futura" or futuristic style to it.

This was Frank Ferrell's most popular design that he ever created while working at The Roseville Pottery Company. In fact, the company would have had to close it doors if it wasn't for the success of this line. The Pine Cone line was considered the most Popular Line ever made at Roseville Pottery and that is still evident today. There are 4 colors that Pine Cone was made and they are Blue, Brown, and Green and Pink. Pink Commands the Highest Price and is Rarely seen. Blue Commands the next highest price with Brown not too far behind.

The Vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks nicks, chips or dings. This is really an excellent example as there isn't even a pin pop in the glaze. The Vase is signed with the "Roseville" incised mark along with the pattern number "840-7". There is the number "7" or the letter "L" depending how you look at it on the bottom. This is written in a dark blue grease pencil. More than likely this was the finishers number or Artist Initial. There is also the number "838" written in a red grease pencil. This was the way Roseville marked their pieces with the form number on items that did not carry a signature mark or only had a foil label. This is an oddity and mistake as the form number is actually a 840-7".

This is a hard to find vase in the Roseville Pinecone line. I'm quite sure the buyer will be quite pleased with their purchase. This Vase was made Circa 1935-40.

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