This very handsome Wemyss (pronounced Weems) porcelain vase stands a demure 4" high by 3" in diameter, a miniature form. We acquired this vessel with several other pots from a UK collector, who noted this to be a Wemyss vase. We have found several references to other oxblood-glazed pieces by Wemyss, including a large figural Pig and a couple of vase forms, but not much else. Most of the Wemyss we found online are decorated folk vases and figurals. This vessel is glazed in a beautifully rich oxblood or sang de boeuf glaze. It is marked with its shape number 52 along with an impressed 'V'. This beauty is in original condition, with some glaze nuances, like minute dimples at the rim, all factory, in the making of the vessel, but no damage. This handsome vase makes a rich presentation.
Wemyss Ware, a popular Scottish pottery, was first produced in Kirkcaldy, Fife in 1882 by the Fife Pottery. Robert Heron, the pottery owner, and Karel Nekola, a gifted decorator from Bohemia combined their efforts making glazed vessels like this one, and more decorative objects, including folk figurals and vases into the turn of the 20th century. Eventually, their decorated ware became more popular, particularly the decorated folk porcelain figurines. One online reference cites a sang de boeuf vessel by Wemyss (including the same form of this vase, just larger) in a Wemyss Exhibition in 1976 entitled 'Sotheby's Belgravia' by Rogers de Rin. There are some other articles about the Wemyss Pottery available online.
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$55.00Price
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