ROOKWOOD Arts And Crafts Matte Green Vase 1889, 1914
Item History & Price
Measures 6 3/4" high with a top diameter of 1 3/8" and total width of 3". Weighs approximately 1.3 pounds.
Maria Longworth Nichols founded the Rookwood Pottery Company in 1880. The Cincinnati Ohio company won numerous prestigious awards with its early pottery. It went through various forms until it was forced to close in 1967.Rookwood has recently been revived in its original Cincinnati home. In 2017 it teamed up with the Cincinnati Zoo to create an ornament dedicated to a premature hippo ("the Fiona ornament"). The Cincinatti Art Museum's Cincinnati wing is home to a dedicated gallery of Rookwood Pottery.