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Weller Potter ‘Coppertone’
Designed by Weller ceramic artist Rudolph Lorber, the Coppertone line of pottery featuring a rich, mottled green glaze was an instant hit, and has been popular with pottery lovers ever since its introduction.
First appearing in advertisements in House and Garden and House Beautiful Magazines, Weller Coppertone pottery was an almost immediate success with gardeners, collectors and decorators. Coppertone pottery was made in a wide variety of sizes and shapes, and [...] Click here to continue reading.
Weller Potter ‘Zona’
Weller produced the Zona line including utilitarian and baby ware from 1911 to 1936. The Zona Cottage Sets and apple dinnerware latter became the Franciscan line of a west coast manufacturer as a result of Frederic Grant, president of the pottery in 1932, divorcing Sam Weller’s daughter Ethel.
Weller Pottery ‘Muskota’
Weller’s Muskota was designed by Rudolph Lorber and is still considered one of Weller’s most popular lines. The line was based on modeled birds, animals and humans used as flower frogs or inserts and stand alone figures. Glossy miniature birds and insects were also made to decorate flower arrangements and birdbaths.
Weller Potter ‘Glendale’
Glendale was one of Weller’s naturalistic lines popular in the late 1920s. Scenes depicted modeled birds nesting or perched in wooded or marsh settings. Goldfinches, bluebirds, long-tailed parrots and thrushes were used on vases. A seagull in flight is found on a console bowl with nest flower frog.
Weller Pottery ‘Woodcraft’
Woodcraft was one of Weller’s naturalistic lines sharing some of the same molds as the Voile and Flemish lines. The line was characterized by a textured, tree bark finish in shades of matt brown and green. Raised or modeled foxes, squirrels, owls, birds, leaves and fruit were common decorations.
Weller Pottery Seneca
Seneca was an oriental influenced line created by Rudolph Lorber, a top Weller designer in 1933. The line of ware shared the same molds as the Neiska pattern, the only difference being the glaze.
Weller Pottery ‘Flemish’
Flemish is another of Rudolph Lorber’s creations for Weller Pottery. Raised hand colored designs and the familiar polychrome brown and green pastels characterize many of the Flemish wares made during the 1920s. Flemish reed basket planters were introduced in 1925, squirrel bowls around 1928.
Weller Pottery ‘Denton’
Denton (also called Dunton) was produced in either a black or white gloss glaze and was forerunner to Weller’s Rosemont line.
Weller Pottery ‘Brighton’
Bright colors and deep glaze characterizes Weller’s Brighton. Little is known of the design origin, although many Brighton bird figurines were sold to lamp companies and used to decorate table and floor lamps. Weller’s Malta line was produced at the same time and offered many of the same Brighton figures in an undecorated matt finish.
Weller Pottery ‘Baldwin’
Large red apples molded in relief on a Flemish brownish green or navy blue ground characterize Baldwin.
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