Marblehead Pottery (1904-1936) is among the most sought after arts and crafts pottery. Examples of Marblehead vases are shown below:
This 5″ Marblehead Pottery Vase sold for $2,235 in May 2009. (signed by Hanna Tutt - HT)
This 11.75″ Matte Green Organic form Marblehead vase sold for $1,280 in May 2009:
Marblehead Pottery (1904-1936) opened with the objective of helping sanitarium patients convalesce through creating ceramics. Arthur Baggs joined Marblehead Pottery in ~1905. His decorating style was hand-incised, etched or surface painted geometric designs on grounds of slightly contrasting colors. In 1915 Baggs purchased Marblehead Pottery. The production art pottery Marblehead produced was finely thrown and glazed in hard, pebbled matte finishes. Glaze colors are blue, green, pink, yellow, brown or gray. Marblehead’s max employment was six people.
Examples of Marblehead’s marks are below:
