ars longa * 07-018. Unknown Stoneage Modern floor vase and planter.

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07-018. Unknown
Stoneage Modern floor vase and planter
Zanesville Stoneware Company
USA, c. 1960
5.5 x 5.5 x 15" (floor vase)
5.25 x 5.25 x 3.5" (planter)
Glazed ceramic
Unsigned

A couple months ago, our neighbor stopped by to ask about one of my Stoneage Modern planters he saw in the house while dogsitting for us. We had a short conversation, and he invited me over to show me a couple pieces he had. Well, today he showed up at our door bearing gifts! I'm pretty sure that they were downsizing their eclectic collection, and somehow Kate and I were chosen as beneficiaries. The large floor vase is particularly nice. While small pieces can be found with relative ease, shapes get harder to come by the larger they are ... and this one is grand!

While it isn't from a thrift store, I think its one step better. I didn't even have to leave my living room to make this find today!

Found on April 03, 2007 in Champaign, IL.

Dawn said: Hi Scott! How are you doing? I think I found this Stone Age Vase today in a thrift for a buck...is yours marked on the bottom in any way? My vsae has the numbers 40-10 impressed in the bottom--part of the mold. (It also has a lot of cobwebs on it, lol, must have been in somebody's basement) It looks just like yours. Could it be the same piece?
9.13.07

Scott said: Hello again, Dawn! In my experience most Zanesville Stoneage Modern pieces are marked, but not all. As far as I've been able to tell, these numbers indicate shape and size. The tall vase on that page has the mold mark "40 15" leading me to believe this is shape number 40 in the 15" tall size. Is yours that tall cylintrical shape? If so, is it about 10" in height? This might help prove/disprove the theory. I have several of the "70" series planters in a variety of sizes, too, and the first two digits in the mark are always 70, and the last two seem to denote the diameter of the planter. The measurements are approximate, since there is nothing ever exact about these high production pieces from the Zanesville Stoneware Company. There is tons of variation, probably since the pieces were inexpensive and produced in such mass quantities with little attention to detail.
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