Weller Pottery – Pop-eye dog

Weller Pottery Pop-eye Dog

Pop-eye dogs were also made in larger 8.5″ and 9.5″ sizes and were originally sold as part of Weller’s garden ware series.

Weller Pottery

Weller Pottery

Significance of Weller Pottery: Utilitarian potter Samuel A. Weller (1851 to 1925) abandoned painted flowerpots and sewer tile for art pottery in 1894. That year he formed a short-lived pottery partnership with fellow potter William A. Long. Their company’s major product was Lonhuda, a type of art pottery that Long developed to mimic Rookwood’s standard glaze. Lonhuda’s backgrounds were air brushed and its designs hand-painted with underglaze slip, techniques successfully pioneered by [...] Click here to continue reading.

Weller Pottery – Forest Pattern

Weller Pottery ‘Forest’

Forest is one of Weller’s naturalist lines depicting scenes of forest and streams in relief, decorated in orange, blue, green and brown colors. Weller artist Rudolph Lorber designed Forest based on landscape observations he made from his window during a train ride.

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