1930s Art Deco Hawkinson Porcelain Urn Shaped Vase

Description

A highly stylized Art Deco flower vase with an integral frog at the base. Bell shaped like a search light … more A highly stylized Art Deco flower vase with an integral frog at the base. Bell shaped like a search light in a machine age taste. Fully marked on the bottom with impressed - HAWKINSON PORCELAIN BK 25 16 S 152. Measures 9 3/4" in diameter at the top x 8 3/4" tall. Heavily potted. Good overall condition - minor crazing at the rim. Displays beautifully and fully functional. Beautiful as a centerpiece with flowers or on display by itself the vase has an architectural quality symbolizing modernity in the 20th century.

Designed by John L. Hawkinson (1893-1980) of Hawkinson Porcelain
in Hartford, Connecticut in 1938. Hawkinson
received a design patent for the vase in 1940. less