RARE Vintage Weller Pottery Coppertone Frog Console Bowl Lily Pad 1920s Mark
Lot #92
Current Bid
$50
Est. $400–$600
Estimate
$400–$600
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Description
• Brand: Weller Pottery • Pattern/Line: Coppertone • Designer: Rudolph Lorber • Type: Console Bowl / Figural Dish • Subject/Theme: Frog & Lily Pad / Aquatic Nature • Color: Mottled Green & Copper / Matte Glaze • Era: 1920s (Late Arts & Crafts / Early Art Deco) • Origin: Zanesville, Ohio, USA • Production Technique: Molded Art Pottery / Earthenware Headline: Museum-Quality Antique 1920s Weller Pottery "Coppertone" Figural Frog Console Bowl Up for auction is a magnificent, highly sought-after masterpiece of American art pottery history: an original Weller Pottery "Coppertone" line console bowl, designed by legendary sculptor Rudolph Lorber in the late 1920s. This exceptional figural piece features a beautifully sculpted, lifelike bullfrog perched gracefully atop a wavy lily pad leaf rim. The bowl is finished in Weller's iconic Coppertone glaze—a unique, textured, mottled green and brown finish designed to replicate the organic look of aged, oxidized copper. The unglazed, cream-colored base features the crisp, authentic, half-circle incised/ink-stamped "WELLER POTTERY" kiln logo mark used in the late 1920s. It also features an incised artist or factory inspector letter "D" below the primary backstamp.
Bidding Details
- Starting Bid: $50
- Buyer's Premium: 18%
- Auction End Date: November 1, 2026
Condition
excellent
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