VAN BRIGGLE, MOUNTAIN CRAIG BROWN BUD VASE, GREAT FORM, HTF, QUITE RARE~~~

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For auction is a lovely piece of art pottery made by The Van Briggle Pottery Company of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The item is a bud vase. The vase is a nice cabinet size as it stands 5 1/2" tall and is 2 3/4" in diameter at the widest point. The vase is made in one of Van Briggle's most highly collected glazes known as "Mountain Craig Brown".
The vase has a unique high bulbous shoulder shape with a small hole in the top to
accommodate
no more than a handful of flowers. It is decorated with an embossed stylize leaf or stem type panel and trefoil stylized flower. The raised leaf panel starts as a stem at the bottom and forms a Y shape around each flower and extends all the way to the top lip with the exterior edges meeting the next stem or leaf at the top. This pattern is repeated 3 times around the vase. It has a wonderful medium brown background glaze with the embossed area having a green glaze over it. This glaze was known as the Mountain Craig Brown glaze. One flower has very little of this green.
The vase is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, chips, nicks or dings. The inside of the vase shows minimal wear and it appears that this vase was taken care of during its use. This piece is signed on the bottom with the impressed Van Briggle Double A Logo mark along with "Van Briggle" in large freehand letters with "Colo. Spgs" underneath it. This Mountain Craig Brown glaze was lost in the flood of 1935 and no more of Van Briggle pieces were made in that glaze
after that flood.
This is a nice not so commonly found form and glaze in excellent condition. I believe this to be shape number "335" in the Van Briggle catalog. I have attached a few pictures from a book showing 1 picture advertisement in black and white. The book has only 1 reference to this shape and it appears to be the same. Those of you who collect Arts and Crafts design pottery will surely welcome this addition into your collection. I am sure it will look just great on that Stickley, Mission, Arts and Crafts Style Bookcase. This piece was made circa 1928-1935 as there is no USA mark on the bottom and that mark was used in the early 20's.
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