Live Auction 2756Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
ROOKWOOD
Lot 3

ROOKWOOD

A PAIR OF COVERED GINGER JARS, CIRCA 1927

Closed19 December 2013

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ROOKWOOD
A PAIR OF COVERED GINGER JARS, CIRCA 1927
decorated by Edward T. Hurley (1869-1950), glazed ceramic
each 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
each with underglaze signature E.T.H and stamped XXVI, 2451 with Rookwood cipher (2)

Specialist note

cf. A. J. Ellis, Rookwood Pottery: The Glaze Lines, Atglen, PA, 1995, p. 226 for the decorator's signature;
J. B. Snyder, Rookwood Pottery, Atglen, PA, 2005, p. 192 for a similar form with cover and a similar butterfat glaze technique.