AMERICAN ART NOUVEAU POTTERY VASE FRANCE AUSTRIA 1890S Start Price USD 9,000.00 Current Price USD 9,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 10,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 18, 2008 End Time Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Location Riverside, Rhode Island See more about 'AMERICAN ART NOUVEAU POTTERY VASE FRANCE AUSTRIA 1890S' Description EXCEPTIONAL AND VERY RARE AMERICAN ? ART POTTERY VASE CA 1895 TO ABOUT 1900 .THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE PIECES OF ART POTTERY I HAVE EVER OWNED . IN ALL ORIGINAL CONDITION. THE VASE IS A BUFF COLORED POTTERY UNGLAZED IN A ART NOUVEAU FORM. HAND MADE , LOVELY STYLIZED FREE FORM LEAVES AND BRANCHES . JUST MAGNIFICENT. INSIDE OF VASE HAS AN METAL INSERT THAT COMES OUT . INSIDE OF VASE HAS A BEAUTIFUL GREEN GLAZE. THE POTTERY VASE IS MOUNTED WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BRONZE AND SILVER PLATE ? MOUNTS OF FOLIAGE OF OAK LEAFS ,JUST MAGNIFICENT. ON THE BOTTOM OF THE MOUNTS ARE STYLIZED ROLLING WAVES ALMOST HAS A JAPANESE FEEL ABOUT IT . THE ARTWORK IS SIGNED WITH THE NAME  G HENRY ? INCISED , I JUST GOT THIS WONDERFUL ITEM YESTERDAY . I HAVE TRIED TO FIND OUT WHO MADE THIS INCREDIBLE WORK OF ART. THE CLOSEST I COULD FIND IN FEEL OF THE POTTERY WAS TIFFANY ? I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A VERY RARE ART POTTERY ITEM .THE VASE MAY BE AUSTRIAN OR FRENCH , JUGENDSTIL OR SECESSIONIST STYLE , BUT I BELIEVE IT IS AMERICAN . WAS THIS AN EXPERIMENTAL WORK ? IF YOU LOOK AT THE VASE WITHOUT THE MOUNTS REMINDS ME OF EARLY TIFFANY POTTERY . THIS IS TRULY A RARE RARE FIND. THE VASE IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE FOR AGE. ORIGINAL PATINA , NO CHIPS OR CRACKS. JUST INCREDIBLE. THE VASE MEASURES 9 1/2 INCHES HIGH , THIS VASE WAS MADE BY A TRUE MASTER, BEST ART POTTERY ITEM I HAVE EVER OWNED. I SHOULD SEND PIC OF THIS TO RAGO AUCTION HOUSE . BUT I AM OFFERING THIS TO THE PUBLIC FIRST. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME . THIS SHOULD REALLY BE IN A FINE COLLECTION OR MUSEUM , GOOD LUCK!!!! Place a Bid!