Vase with mistletoe
Designed by Artus Van Briggle American
Metalwork by Yosakichi Asano Japanese
Manufacturer Van Briggle Pottery Company American
Artus Van Briggle was one of America’s most important and longest lasting art potteries, quintessentially associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. At the same time, few American designers responded to the international styles of Art Nouveau as did Van Briggle. This vase synthesizes those influences. It exemplifies Van Briggle’s important contribution to the development of the matte glaze, especially in the wide variety of hues the pottery produced. The smooth soft robin’s-egg blue color of this particular vase is especially striking—and unusual in the pottery’s oeuvre. It’s also distinguished by its unusual metal mounts of highly stylized mistletoe leaves in copper, patinated to look like bronze. This vase was part of the Van Briggle’s display at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904, where the artist garnered a gold medal.
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