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Dear Mr. Moore - the more common industry leaders such as Teco, Roseville, Weller, etc.
I came across this large pot at a tag sale and have been trying to find out I was taken aback when to my surprise I turned the page and there
about it but am having no luck. It is older and has been through a bit, as it was and in 4 different colors. I am very happy to say that your
you can see from the photos. I have looked at several makers for a pot like jardiniere was made by Roseville Pottery. It is the early Velmoss pattern
this but the design is just a bit different than what other leaves and flowers of 1916. I would have to see your jardiniere in person to determine the
I have seen. The white stuff on the bottom is from where they had pads to color, but I believe it is the matte green with brown glaze. Your
keep it from getting on the carpet (I think). It has a 16" diameter and is jardinière is considered extremely large at 16 inches in diameter.
about the same in height. One person told me to put a plant in it and forget Early Velmoss was a popular early Roseville pattern. The Velmoss
it. Others give me a flurry of names that have made pottery with leaves and pattern has been classed as Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau and
green in color. I just wonder if this is a one-of-a-kind by a no-name maker? consisted of a variety of colors with the matte green being the most
Should I just put a plant in it? Or is there any value? I have no idea. Hope popular. There were as many as 31 different shapes and sizes in this line
you do! according to a 1916 price list. The Velmoss pattern included straight
- Just Curious leaves and flowers as well as slanted leaves and flowers depending on
whether it was a vase, jardinières, bowls, pedestals,
umbrella stands, etc. Early Velmoss was unmarked
with the exception of handwritten numbers and shapes
drawings. I put your jardinière under filtered photo-
graphy and found that on the bottom below the visible
number is a drawing. It cannot be seen by the naked eye.
The crack does hurt the value of this jardiniere. It is
my opinion that this 16-inch diameter early Roseville
Velmoss pattern Jardiniere was made in 1916 in the Arts
and Crafts movement period with the right slanted tulip
leaf and left slanted flower design. If I were to see similar
for sale at a well-advertised upper-end auction with a
descriptive listing, I would expect to pay $150.00/
$200.00 with the crack. I have a record of a smaller
Hello “Just Curious” and thank you for diameter Velmoss Jardinière with a similar crack sell for $125.00 and if
this extraordinary submission. it was not cracked, I have a record of one 17-inch diameter similar
I have to say from the get-go this pot pattern jardinière sell for an estimated $695.00.
has stumped me like no other pottery piece It is an extraordinary relic of the Arts and Crafts period and would
has! The good thing about items that be worth the effort to locate a pottery repair person who specializes in
stump me is that it makes me dig deeper to early Roseville pottery to repair the crack before it grows. Correctly
find that illusive identification and value. I repaired the value would increase, but not as much as if it were not
Spent days researching my files for what cracked originally.
I considered an artist-made Arts and Crafts Thank you again for submitting this fine early Roseville, Velmoss
period pot. I even sent your pictures to a pattern pottery Jardiniere.
man I consider very knowledgeable in turn Continue to display or, repair and display this great piece. It is a rare
of the 20th century artist and studio beauty of the Arts and Crafts era.
pottery and after studying the pictures, he David L Moore CPAA
said, “I have no clue, other than it could be an upper-end piece.” If you
have ever heard the expression “you can’t see the forest for the trees.”
Well, little did I know that the answer to my questions about this pot
was very common but forgotten.
First thing – it is my opinion that this absolutely stunning pottery
creation is an Arts & Crafts period pottery jardiniere. It has a fantastic
look with a green to blue-green hue. It has a floral (tulips) design with
the wide leaves portrayed as tilting to the right, which is unusual in
itself, as most leaf designs on arts and crafts pottery are either portrayed
straight up and down or tilted to the left. The flowers appear to be
tulips tilting to the left. There is only one marking that is visible and it
is the number 252 in pencil. One pottery company that has pattern
numbers in the 200s and has similar colors on their pottery is Teco. I
have not found or seen any Teco pottery that is marked as your pot is David Moore is part of the “Ask the Experts” appraising team
marked. I checked my files and research on known American factory for the Asheford Institute of Antiques where he is an Honors
potters and some small potters of the arts and crafts period and have graduate and a Certified Asheford Institute of Antiques
even checked some Asian and European potters of that period, but have Appraiser. Mr. Moore has been buying, researching and sell-
ing the rare and unusual in antiques for over 50 years. David
failed to find any Jardiniere with that design. When I did not find any is currently the owner of D.L. Moore, CAA, an antiques
information, I turned to the early 20th century California potters and appraisal business.

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