Rare and fine Mary Louise McLaughlin Losanti vase with carved and painted tulips done, circa 1904. The six gray tulips contrast nicely with the oxblood and green ground. The vase bears McLaughlin's incised monogram along with four notches (IIII) indicating a date of 1903 and the number 166. It is also marked with Losanti in blue slip. Height 5 1/2 inches. Excellent condition and strikingly beautiful. Pictured in Boram-Hays "Bringing Modernism Home Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960" on page 23, color plate 3. Also pictured in a period group shot of 10 Losanti pieces in Ellis, "The Creative Career of M. Louise McLaughlin" on page 148.This lot comes from the Ross C. Purdy Museum, a part of the American Ceramic Society in Westerville, Ohio. The ACS, founded in 1899, is dedicated to advances in the material science and the artistic realities of ceramics. The Ross C. Purdy Museum, once the personal collection of ceramic engineer and noted author, Ross C. Purdy was opened in 1981. In recent years, the ACS has transferred most of the collection to either the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, California or the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The ACS will maintain a small display of glass and ceramics at it's headquarters but since it no longer maintains a museum, it was decided to offer items in storage to those collectors who would appreciate them.

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