Antique Pottery Scenic Vellum Landscape Vase Fred Rothenbusch for Rookwood 1925

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A fine antique Arts & Crafts pottery scenic landscape vellum glaze pottery vase by Fred Rothenbusch for Rookwood pottery, dated … Read more A fine antique Arts & Crafts pottery scenic landscape vellum glaze pottery vase by Fred Rothenbusch for Rookwood pottery, dated & signed 1925.
This very beautiful Rookwood scenic landscape vase presents a hazy landscape which is typical of Rothenbusch's work. The vase of hour glass shape, and it depicts a delicately painted landscape with trees. The vase having the Rookwood stamp and monogram for Fred Rothenbusch, "V" for velum, the date "XXV" for 1925 and the model number "1358 E". Condition is excellent, no chips, cracks, crazing, or restoration A very handsome antique Rookwood Vellum Scenic vase.

Rothenbusch was known for his work depicting hazy landscapes in the Vellum glaze; a nephew of Albert Valentien, one of Rookwood’s most prolific artists, he was employed by the firm for over thirty years from 1896 to 1931.
Rookwood Pottery, founded in Cincinnati, Ohio by Maria Longworth Nichols in 1880, gained international recognition early in its history and is still widely considered America’s finest art pottery. The firm enjoyed widespread success almost from its inception, winning a gold medal at the 1889 Paris World’s Fair and participating in numerous World’s Fairs where pieces were sold to major museums both at home and abroad.
In 1904 Rookwood introduced the Scenic Vellum glaze, a hybrid between the transparent gloss glaze and a matte finish, a finish which won the firm yet another grand prize at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. The nature of the glaze lent itself to scenes that reflected the American Tonalist movement: quiet landscapes marked by hazy atmospheres, a stream or pond bordered by trees, and scenes depicting shifting quality of light. See less