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Ballard #17 yellow tapered vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this #17 tapered yellow vase stands 3 1/4 inches tall and is the smallest in the series of 5 vases in this tapered form. It is done in Ballard's yellow glaze and is from his later production period, as there is no chocolate brown bottom band and the blending on the top is very smooth. In excellent condition, it is an excellent starter piece for a Ballard collector. Add it to your American Art Pottery collection today.
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Ballard #21 ovoid top rectangular vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this shape seems to be one of the early ones by Ballard which didn't make it to the later production period. The vase measures 5 1/2 inches high x 5 1/4 inches wide. The opening is 4 1/4 inches long x 2 3/8 inches wide. Each one I own either has no shape number or is number 21 with the early chocolate brown band around the bottom dating it from his middle period of production. The chocolate underglaze can be seen at the top and underneath the mottling on the body. This early mustard yellow glaze is stunning. The original price of $2.50 can still be seen written in pencil on the bottom of this vase. The vase is in excellent condition. A very interesting shape and glaze combo by Stanley Ballard. Add it to your American Art Pottery collection or Studio pottery collection today.
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Ballard Vermont #49 light blue vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, , this Ballard #49 6 1/2' light turquoise blue vase has great color and is one of few in this particular shade. It is from the later period of production as it does not have the chocolate underglaze rim band at the bottom. Excellent condition. It is a really pretty piece. Add it to your Midcentury Art Pottery collection today.
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Stanley Ballard #16 blue conical ribbed vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this #16 shape conical ribbed vase stands 7 1/2 inches tall and is another great Ballard shape that is very hard to find today. This one is in a robin's egg blue or perhaps a light turquoise glaze. This vase also carries a pencil price of $3.98 on the base. It is most likely from the middle or later period of studio production. I have only seen a half dozen of these and 4 of those are in my personal collection. This vase is in excellent condition.
Buy it today for your American Art Pottery or Midcentury Eames era studio pottery collection.
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Ballard #16 7" tall lobed cylinder vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this shape #16 vase stands 7 inches tall and features 4 lobes at the top rim. It was made in three sizes. This particular vase is the tallest of the three sizes andfeatures an light turquoise glaze over the chocolate brown underglaze. It has a pencil price on the bottom of $3.95 and an original Ballard paper label. The top rim I believe was trimmed by hand as there are some glazed over irregularities, especially considering the almost 4 dollar original price.
I think it is a later production piece as there is no chocolate brown band at the bottom of the piece. In excellent condition and hard to find in this size, it is ready to add to your Midcentury Vermont pottery or Stanley Ballard collection.
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Stanley Ballard brown white mottled vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this brown and white mottled vase inches stands 4 3/4 inches tall. It is in Ballard's pride and joy, a mottled glaze, this being the mottled chocolate brown and white glaze. Marked with no shape number it is identical to two other vases I have except that one is marked #16 and one #17, and has the chocolate bottom band at the base of the middle period of his work. There is one flaked to the glaze near the bottom of one side. Thus its low price to you. Add an example of his mottled glazes to your Stanley Ballard or Vermont Mid-century art pottery collection today.
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Ballard #19 turquoise vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this signed #19 vase in a turquoise with green overtones is the most common of his shapes available to collectors. It stands 5.5 inches tall and is 5 inches wide at the top. This is from the middle period of production as it has the chocolate brown underglaze bottom rim band. Excellent condition.
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Ballard #50 mustard yellow tall vase w/ price
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this signed #50 vase in a mustard yellow is the taller and less common version of hi most common of his shapes available to collectors, being numbers #19 and #20. . It stands 8 inches tall and is 4 inches wide at the top. This is from the middle period of production as it has the chocolate brown underglaze bottom rim band. It has a penciled in price of $4.50 on the bottom which was a pretty high price in the 1950s. Excellent condition overall. A harder to find piece of Stanley Ballard.
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Ballard #83 10 inch sgraffito Zig Zag vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, , this signed Ballard #83 10 inch dark gray sgraffito decorated vase is simply stunning! It is done in what I call the Zig Zag pattern. It is one of Ballard's largest pieces and a great example of an incised decoration that was popularized by such firms as Raymor Italy. It is in excellent condition.
The bottom of the vase also has the standard Ballard signature and the number 83 and both are filled in with the dark grey glaze. There appears to be the beginnings of a hairline crack on the very bottom of the piece but it is a tight hairline and could have happened in the manufacturing process. As it is a duplicate for me, I have priced it very reasonably.
Add it to your Vermont Mid-century art pottery collection today.
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Ballard early 4 lobe cylinder 6 inch vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the late 1930s and early 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this 6 inch tall 4 lobed cylindrical vase is 3 5/8 inches wide at the top rim. The glaze is an early one as the underglaze is heavily mottled at top and along the ribs of the 4 lobes and has the early light olive tint to the overglaze. The vase is signed with an early mark that contains a long tail on the R and upright S, but carries no number on it. This same shape exists in a much taller version as was commons with the shapes Ballard made. It is in excellent condition.
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Ballard #58 shape early footed planter vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this #58 shape round footed planter vase stands 3 3/8 inches tall and is 3 3/4 inches wide at the top. It is in a deeply mottled robin'e egg blue glaze over chocolate. The signature is a very early one as it is incised and not molded. It does not have the incised 58 shape number incised but is identical to the one in my collection which does carry the shape number. These round shapes did not make it into Ballard's later production ware, post 1946. It is in excellent condition. Add it to your Ballard or Midcentury American pottery collection today.
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Ballard #46 white slant front ball vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this is a Ballard #46 grey slant front ball vase. This is an unusual Ballard vase, featuring an opening which is cut on the diagonal as opposed to a flat top. Impressed mark. Excellent condition.
The vase stands 3 1/2 inches tall at its tallest point at the top rim and is about 4 1/2 inches in diameter. What is also unusual is that it still carries its original price written in pencil on the bottom of $1.75. That was a pretty good price for a piece of studio pottery back in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Add it to your Mid-century Modern or Vermont Art pottery collection today.
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Ballard studio early #20 shape blue vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this 4 inch tall #20 shape vase is from his early studio period as it has a heavily mottled blue overglaze and a deep chocolate underglaze which can be clearly seen on the interior of the piece. A recessed base is another early feature as well as the long trailing tail of the letter d of the word Ballard. Excellent condition
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Ballard #9 Seafoam green square vase
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this early #9 shape vase stands 5 inches tall and is 5 1/4 inches in diameter. It is thin walled and has a later seafoam green glaze. The shape is basically square but each corner has a concave panel on it, making the shape octagonal. It is signed #9, which is a shape number used for other shapes as well.. Excellent condition.
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Ballard early rectangular 3 rest ashtray
Produced by Vermont Mid-Century studio potter Stanley Ballard, a student of Glidden Parker at Alfred University in the 1940s who worked in the Burlington area, this signed 4 1/4 inch long x 3 inch wide ashtray has a very appealing shape. It may even have been designed as a portable ashtray as the end with the three rests fits comfortably in your hand.
It is in excellent condition. The glaze is an earlier deep olive/teal color. It features the chocolate base line around the bottom and great subtle mottling at its edges. Add it to your Ballard American Art Pottery collection today.
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