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Juanita Ware Clamshell Vase #1447102

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Juanita Ware Clamshell Vase #1447102
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This mesmerizing Juanita Ware vase is a find! Its clamshell design is a favorite with Juanita Ware collectors!</em></td>
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This mesmerizing Juanita Ware brown and white swirl pottery vase is a find! It has a clamshell design with complete glazing and presents a marbleized swirl of brown and cream-white clays.<p>

The clamshell shape of the vase is a two-part design which looks as if one took the top of a valentine to make the top of the vase. The embossed design appears mainly on the right end of the vase from either side of the vase.<p>

Juanita Ware was made by Bert Crawford in Carrollton, Malvern, and, finally, Dalton, Ohio. Juanita Ware resembles Weller Pottery's "Marbleized" line.<p>

The body of the pitcher was made by mixing both red-brown and off-white colored clays to result in the swirl pattern. The swirl pattern resulted as the potters threw lumps of both colors of clay on the wheel and allowed each piece produced to be unique. This swirled mixture is the main focus which inhabits the vase form--additional decor, which is the embossed design within the clamshell shape--is essentially extraneous from the main effect of the vase.<p>

That there is a single color on the interior indicates that a mixture of the two (2) clays was used--this was a later method to save on the amount of clay required in manufacturing. Earlier Juanita pieces show a swirl pattern both on the inside and the outside of the piece.<p>

Measuring 5 1/2 inches high with a 5/8-inch foot, this vase is 6 3/4 inches across the top. It has an elliptical base with is 3 1/4 inches wide by 5 1/2 inches long point to point. The ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:Uncertain</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Juanita Ware Clamshell Vase</td></tr>


<tr><td>Type:Juanita Ware</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Hillsboro, Ohio USA</td></tr>
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