His 10 ¾” tall Rookwood art pottery vase sold for $3500 in February 2010. The painting in multi colors including light blue with a house, trees with pink flowers, grass, and birds flying in the sky. The artist is Arthur P. Conant who worked at Rookwood from 1915 to 1939. This piece is dated for 1921.

1880’s Rookwood Pottery advertisement:

Wow!  Who knew that Bunnies were in such demand?  In our neighborhood they are a bit of a nuisance, but to each his own.  This 3 1/8″ tall 1937 Rookwood Pottery Rabbit Paperweight in mint condition sold for $2,115 in October 2009.

The Rookwood tile shown in this advertisement is fantastic!  The ad says, “Rookwood Tiles and Pottery Solve the Problem of those who are working out interior embellishment.  Call upon our agent in your vicinity or write direct to us.

The Rookwood advertisement is asking that you write for “The Rookwood Book” and offers a studio tour.  The ad also says that Rookwood Pottery received the Gran Prix at Paris, 1900 “The World’s Highest Honors”

This 1916 Rookwood Vellum 11″ vase with forest scene sold for $1,275 after 13 bids in August 2009.

This is a very interesting Rookwood 1929 advertisement.  It looks like the style had just turned to soft pastels in turquoise, green, yellow, ivory and rose.

John Wesley Pullman (1886-1931) was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. He worked at Rookwood from 1926 until his death in 1931.

This mark is from 1929 with the initials JWP for artist John Wesley Pullman.

Lenore Asbury (American, 1866-1933) was one of Rookwood’s premier artists from 1895 thru the early 1900’s.

This is an example of Rookwood’s Reverse RP Impressed Logo and the Roman Number V for the year of manufacture, 1905. There is also the number 951E for the Shape Number and the letter E for the Size. The letter W incised under this number indicates that the vase is an Iris Glazed Vase. The artist initials “L.A.” stand for Lenore Asbury.

This is an example of the 1882 mark, and artist ARV Albert Robert Valentine’s mark.

This is a Rookwood stamp and mold used for marking the bottoms of vases before firing. From the Albert Valentine estate.

1). A plaster mold for the impressed anchor mark used in the early 1880’s. Diameter is 1.25″

2). A bisque fired white clay stamp for the rare Eastern Avenue location used for a short time in 1882.  Height 1.75″