About Homer Laughlin China Company:
The Homer Laughlin firm was founded in 1871 in Newell, West Virginia by the two brothers, Shakespeare and Homer Laughlin. A long-lived pottery, it survived two world wars and continued until 2020, when it was sold to Steelite, a British tableware manufacturer. Though Homer Laughlin China produced art pottery in its earlier days, it is best known for its Fiesta line, a brightly-colored Art Deco-styled set of tableware that was designed by the noted ceramicist, Frederick Hurten Rhead. Rhead was Homer Laughlin's art director from 1927 until his death in 1942. Fiesta ware is still produced by Fiesta Tableware Company, a division of Steelite. The New York Times called Fiesta “the most collected brand of china in the United States” (Alexander 2002). Homer Laughlin China Company was known for many dinnerware designs and also produced commemorative plates and art pottery vases.
(Alexander, Kelly, 2002.“The Way We Live Now”. The New York Times, December 1.)
About the Object:
Tall and thin red vase with vignette of woman in profile wearing period costume. Highly realistic rendering, probably china painted. Floral decorations in a black matte overglaze is located at the top and sides of the reserve. The vase has a small foot that widens at the shoulders of the vessel and ends with a small opening at top.