Vintage Midcentury USA Pottery Womans Bust/Vase
This vintage ceramic woman bust was made by USA pottery.
It has a classic midcentury movie star style complete with a updo - batted lashes and bright red lip stick!! Highlighted with teal and pink accents--So chic!!
Would look amazing on a nightstand, vanity or in a bathroom holding flowers or makeup brushes.
Very unique one of a kind piece!!
No chips, cracks or crazing.
It is marked USA on the bottom and measures 7" x 4 1/2" x 4 1/4"
If you are familiar at all with pottery, you will notice a large number of pieces that are marked with only "USA". There is not a USA Pottery Company that produced these wares.
For a sufficient explanation of why pieces are marked like this, lets start in the 1800's.
Back then, most pottery was created to be used in everyday life by an individual that probably lived near you. The makers rarely marked these pieces because beyond there usefulness, the items weren't much to look at. (imagine an old, brown stoneware crock) As pottery techniques matured around the turn of the century, many larger potteries were formed. (think industrialization)
Many produced artistic works that the creator would want recognition for his efforts.
Anyway, every company had their own rules about marking their wares. Marks would sometimes include company name, logo / symbol, an artist signature, mold number, initials, country, state, city, what they had for lunch, etc., etc. Many companies would include no mark at all. Or, they opted for a simple paper / foil sticker instead. The stickers rarely stayed on the pieces long, and they'd wind up unmarked.
Around the time of WW I, many businesses felt a patriotic need to include USA on their goods. This may have been also due to their exporting items overseas. Later on around WWII (I think?), the US government passed a law that all imported goods had to be marked with their country of origin. Some American companies saw this and decided that they no longer needed to include USA mark, because the imports would be stamped "Japan", "China", or whatever and people would know an unmarked piece was made here. Other companies continued to use the USA mark. Others continued to use it, on some types of pottery.
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- United States : 2 - 3 business days
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The shipping cost is determined by the postal service which is described below Due to the various sizes and weights of the items in my shop I unfortunately cannot offer free shipping
I utilize the USPS for shipping all packages and have found them to be the most economical and reliable
USPS has discontinued Regional Rate Box prices. This means that this mail class is no longer available
USPS uses Cubic Pricing rates which are determined by package dimensions and distance traveled instead of weight
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