Burley Winter 1930s Vintage Art Pottery Mottled Blue and Pink | Ceramic Planter | Number 5

A gorgeous Burley Winter Vintage Art Pottery Mottled Blue and Pink Ceramic Planter from the 1930s.

Featires ribbed accents, a classic design and unique mottled blue and pink matte glaze.

Measures 4.75” tall x 5.5” across at the top.

In very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks. Some manufacturing imperfections are present.

Marked 5 on underside.

A wonderful addition to a Burley Winter or USA Art pottery collection.

The Burley Winter Pottery Company was founded in 1872 in Crooksville, Ohio. Like several early art pottery makers, the firm produced mostly utilitarian wares at first - focusing on practical pottery for the home and farm. Soon after, the owners William Newton Burley and Wilson Winter took on a partner, Brown, and began producing their early art pottery.

Burley Winter’s Golden Era was during the 1930s and their art pottery lines were distinguished by their glazing and timeless designs.

They utilized a very specific technique, focusing on mottling blues, greens, and reds to craft a renowned matte finish. The pieces are often thought to look older than they are since the designs attempt to replicate the aged surface of more dated pottery. Burley Winter prodiced mainly garden-oriented art pottery lines and produced planters, jardinieres, and their most popular shape, vases.

Before the 1930s, Burley Winter pieces are often marked with the “Heart Brand”, a BW inside of a heart. The 1930 Stoin lines, however, either feature an incised “Burley Winter” mark, or simply no mark at all.