Rookwood Vase

Greetings. I was wondering if anyone could recognize the vase above. We had a houseguest make a big deal about this vase. She told us it was worth quite a lot, and offered to help us auction it off. Since then she has drug her feet getting it entered into the auction. She said it was a Rockwood. I wont type what she said it maybe worth, to see if anyone can corraborate what she said.

This is actually my Aunt's vase, and I just wanted to make sure that she isn't being taken advantage of.






is there any additional info that may help any of you? Or a resource you can direct me to?

does it have a flame mark or any other marks on the base , I cannot make anything out from your pic.

This link shows the type of mark i mean
http://www.artpotteryblog.com/art_pottery_blog/rookwood_pottery/

Have you contacted Rockwood?

They closed in 1967

I've discovered Rookwood is an auction house or Auctioneer. The vase has pansies on it and their is a letter E in one of the pansies. I'm told the artist is Esther and don't remember the last name.

I' don't see any markings on the vase

At least not on the bottom of the vase..... Ester Louwelsa I was told, anyone familiar with that artist?

Rookwood employed at least 110 decorators, your colouring is similar to one by Edith Noonan, unsigned pieces are still collected but prices are impossible to guess at , for me anyway ,they seem go from about £60 into the thousands

Best thing is to take it to a reputable bricks & mortar auction house/valuers who will appraise and value it for you - for a small fee of course.

Many of our members here are not comfortable with talking values or attempting to value something from a photo on the internet. You're going to get a number of different opinions over the internet regarding prices - collectors and resellers can both under and over-value items for various reasons.

This type of ware was produced by several U.S. companies in the late 19th-early 20th Century. They include Rookwood, Weller, McCoy, Owens, Roseville, etc. Each company had their own name for the line. T.J. Wheatley claimed to have "invented" the style and tried to patent it but was unsuccessful. Many were unmarked or marked only with paper labels. The style became known informally as "Cincinnati Faience". If it does not have the back-to-back "RP" mark surrounded with "flames", or one of the several earlier Rookwood marks that contained the word "Rookwood", then it is not Rookwood. All Rookwood was marked. My guess is that it may be part of the Weller "Louelsa" line, but it could just as easily be from any of the other companies mentioned. A little research on the designers of Weller or Roseville may turn up information on the "E" designation, but keep in mind many of the designers worked at several of the early pottery companies. Interest in this type of work has declined over the past ten years, however, signed examples, especially from known designers, will still bring higher prices than unsigned pieces. Treadway Auctions (in the U.S.) handles a lot of this kind of ware. Hope this helps a little. Mike