Matte Wisteria Purple
Object NameVase
Manufacturer
Fulper Pottery Co.
(American (New Jersey), 1880 - 1935)
Datec. 1910
MediumPottery, Matte Wisteria Purple glaze
Dimensions10 5/8 × 4 3/4 in. diameter (27 × 12.1 cm)
Other: 1/8 × 3 1/8 in. diameter (0.3 × 7.9 cm)
ClassificationsDecorative Arts, Ceramics
Credit LineTransferred from Applied Arts Department. In the Farm House Museum Collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object number78.21.46
Status
On viewCultureAmerican
Label TextFrom the University Museums Collections Handbook, vol. 2, 2025:
Fulper Pottery, originally named Samuel Hill Pottery, was founded in 1814 in Flemington, New Jersey but was acquired by Hill’s partner, Abraham Fulper, in 1860. Fulper Pottery was among America’s most prolific, successful, and enduring art potteries. The firm produced utilitarian stoneware and most of its work featured simple, Asian-inspired forms adorned with brilliantly colored glazes. In 1910, about the time this vase was created, Martin Stangl became Fulper’s ceramics engineer. Stangl was responsible for the development of many of the later art pottery forms and glazes for Fulper.
At the height of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States, Fulper’s most popular glazes were Mirror, Wisteria, Flambe, Lustre, Crystal, and Matte. Fulper Pottery used molded forms to keep production costs low, ensuring that their pottery remained affordable for customers. This over 10 in. tall fine example of a Wisteria glazed vase from the Iowa State College Applied Arts teaching collection was transferred to the University Museums’ permanent collection in the 1970s.
MarkingsVertical hand carved letters in clay (FULPER) Center 1 7/8" purple glaze, 3/8" unglazed rim
PeriodArts and Crafts
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Farm House Museum
