We are very pleased to present this gorgeous Van Briggle ovoid & flared rim vase by Van Briggle Art Pottery, from the 1940s-1950s. This beautiful example is finished in the lovely Persian Rose matte glaze, and the base carries the capital block VAN BRIGGLE + the Colo Spgs used on vessels from the latter 1940s through the latter 1950s. Our vase stands measures 3.25 x 3.25 x 4.25 inches tall, and the weight of the vase is 13 oz. xxxxxxxxxxxx. Artus Van Briggle was, born March 21, 1869 in Felicity, Ohio, and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1886 working at the Arnold Fairyland Doll Company. He then moved to the Avon Pottery until it closed in 1887. Van Briggle received his training at the Beaux Arts Academy and the Julian Art School in Paris and at the Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati, Ohio where he moved after the closing of Avon. Van Briggle quickly captured the attention of Maria Longworth Nichols, who realized the substantive artistic talents of young Artus. After his French studies, he returned to Rookwood as a decorator in 1896. By 1898 he had perfected the matte glazes for which Van Briggle decorated pottery is recognized. Being in poor health, Artus left Rookwood in 1899 and moved to Colorado, Springs where he founded the Van Briggle Pottery Co. in 1901. Artus married his wife Anne on June 12, 1902, and she worked at the pottery full time. Frank Riddle, a genius in glazes joined the pottery in 1902 along with Ambrose Schlegel, a master potter who joined in 1903. Artus Van Briggle passed on July 4, 1904. Nonetheless, the pottery continued in operation under Anne and is still in operation today using some of the original designs.History records that some of the most valuable designs and colors were accomplished under Anne's guidance. The 1910s to 1920s saw the use of exquisite custom mat colors including, Turquoise Blue (Ming Turquoise), Mulberry, Mountain Craig Brown, and general hues becoming more predominant in the 1930s such as pink, yellow, plum, violet, lavender, old rose & apple + grass green. Extremely valuable original exclusive 1901 to 1920s Van Briggle large vase patterns are rarely available, and carry classic names of, Lady of the Lily, Despondency, Lorelei, Two Bears, as well as a number of highly collectible table lamps. Many of the vases sell in the $1,000 to $3,000 range. Having remarried in 1908, Anne Louise Gregory Ritter leased the pottery in 1910 to Edmund deForest Curtis and moved to Denver, where she would concentrate on painting and where she remained until her death in 1929. In her absence, the pottery fell under financial hardships and was sold at sheriff's auction; later it was re-sold, once more becoming the property of Mr. Curtis.The pottery was sold twice more in the ensuing decade and survived a fire in 1919 that gutted the interior but left the brick shell and kilns. New owners I.F. and J.H. Lewis took the opportunity to modernize and expand the facility beginning in 1920 and stabilized the production and financial aspects of the pottery for the first time. Despite a flood in 1935[15] that destroyed much of the company's records and molds, the pottery continued to enjoy success up to World War II, when they closed for approximately three years as the United States focused its resources on defeating fascism.With the increase of internal travel in the United States a freeway was planned in 1953 for Colorado Springs which J.H. Lewis estimated would run through the Memorial Plant site. Although the freeway eventually was planned to avoid destroying the historic pottery, Mr. Lewis nonetheless put into action plans to relocate the pottery to a higher-traffic area of Colorado Springs. In 1955, Mr. Lewis and Clem Hull brought a new facility on line at a renovated railroad roundhouse on Midland Road. The new facility, known as the Midland Plant, had a smaller capacity but enjoyed quick success due to its location on the main highway to the Garden of the Gods and other tourist locations. In 1968, Mr. Lewis sold the Memorial Plant to Colorado College, and it fell into disrepair for the ensuing 40 years, being used variously as offices and storage.American tastes in the 1950s turned to modern designs and all things glossy, so Van Briggle embarked on a new era which saw the pottery continue to produce the traditional matte glazes and Art Nouveau designs, but which also saw the introduction of more trendy gloss glazes and modern designs. Longtime employee Kenneth Stevenson took majority control of the company in 1969, and the pottery continued to produce two distinct lines and enjoyed a period of expansion and relative stability under the production supervision of Fred Wills.Mr. Stevenson passed in 1990, leaving the pottery to his wife Bertha Stevenson and their son Craig A. Stevenson, now Van Briggle's chief designer. "If Artus Van Briggle walked in and saw our production facility today," according to Craig Stevenson, "he would certainly recognize a lot of what we're doing.

Excellent condition - very minor wear