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| 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 a transitional piecefrom his early studio period as it has a heavily mottled white overglaze and a deep chocolate underglaze which can be clearly seen on the interior of the piece. Probably from his middle production period as there is a chocolate brown band near the base which was not present on the earliest studio work. The writing on the bottom of the piece can be seen when one looks down from the top at the bottom of the piece. This only happened in very early studio pieces. There is a rub on the small side near the bottom where this vase when fired must have been touching another piece. Overall, a good strong example of early Stanley Ballard. |
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