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Gonder Pottery Wrapped Grecian Design #682 Ewer#1424229

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Gonder Pottery Wrapped Grecian Design #682 Ewer#1424229
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This Gonder Pottery ewer is fantastic! It represents the best of Gonder's work in innovative design and glazing. It is near mint!</em></td>
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This Gonder Pottery ewer is fantastic! A #682 pitcher/ewer, it stands a bit over 10 inches tall, is 5 1/2 inches wide including the handle, and is seven (7) inches from the lip to the handle. It is glazed in a lovely amethyst purple with brown tones.<p>

Based on a Grecian ewer design, this piece combines both the classic and the modern influences. While the ewer has the Grecian shape, Gonder has exaggerated its top from the handle to the lip, creating an extended curve which moves upward from the handle and then moves downward toward the lip, resulting in a tilted effect. Gonder then wraps the body in a double diagonal sash. A diagonal line from below the handle of the ewer, paralleling this sash, extend the overall design of the piece. Both diagonals act as counterpoints to the hyperbole of the top of the ewer. To re-establish the Greek influence, a ram's head, the horns the Ionic symbol, accent the body just below the handle.<p>

The bottom is marked with "Gonder Original 682" in script.<p>

This ewer is in perfect condition! It will make an excellent addition to an Zanesville or Gonder pottery collection!<p>

(For a bit of history: I have written the following based on information from an article by Jim Boshears from The Gonder Museum and associated sites:<p>

Gonder Ceramic Arts, Inc. was in business in Zanesville, Ohio between the end of 1941 (the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, to be exact) and was in production until 1957. Because the plant was open for only 15 years ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Near Mint</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1949</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Gonder Pottery Wrapped Grecian Design #682 Ewer</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Hillsboro, Ohio USA</td></tr>
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