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Charles Volkmar (American, 1841-1914) pair of Ormolu Mounted Art Pottery Vases, circa 1877-1879, impressed mark to underside for the Charles Houry Pottery of Paris, France, both signed "Charles Volkmar" and handsomely painted with cows watering amidst a Barbizon style landscape, earthenware with underglaze slip painting in brilliant blues, greens, yellows and whites, gilt bronze ormolu mounts to rim and base. HOA 17 - 3/4". These vases are very similar in decoration to a large single vase, lacking mounts, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. This vase is illustrated in American Art Pottery: The Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection , published in 2018, figure 37. A pair of vases, circa 1881 and made in Brooklyn, New York, are in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum; they too feature forested landscapes with cows watering. Stable crazing; some minor roughness to base of vase from mounts. Condition: (Very Good) Dimensions:
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PAIR OF CHARLES VOLKMAR HAND-PAINTED MOUNTED VASES
Estimate $1,000 - $2,000
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Denver, PA, USA
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