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This classic Broadmoor vase form
was introduced by Cecil Jones during his short
tenure in Colorado Springs.
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We are not aware of Broadmoor also
producing the vase at Denver. All the marks we have
found so far are Colo Springs. |
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The vase bodies were press molded
judging from faint mold lines; these rims (click)
and bases (click)
were hand finished. They would be more
labor intensive in their making than the typical
molded or thrown Denver piece. |
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The glazing also indicates a rather
labor intensive process. |
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The dappled vase would have needed
added glaze dabbing that would be less suited to
the higher-volume operation at Denver. |
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And our double-dipped blue glaze
would have also have required additional
time-consuming processing. |
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Not so visible in these shots are
extra interior glazes on two of our vases. The
dappled and twice-glazed blue vases have inside
white glazes. |
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This white pair also has a crazed
finish (click)
resulting from a bad glaze-clay fit.
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We know Cecil Jones made beautiful
crackle glazes during his short time at the
pottery, but this crazed finish, intentional or
not, is not that Jones' crackle. |
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An article by PJ Shaw in the 1986 American
Clay Exchange, 'More on Cecil Jones and
Broadmoor', speaks of these classic Broadmoor
vases having a "typical Robertson (Pottery)
shape". |
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Cecil Jones worked with the
Robertsons for two years in Los Angeles at
Claycraft before his year with Broadmoor "in
charge of glaze development".
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So this Robertson-style vase is
another example of the many early contributions of
Cecil Jones to Broadmoor.
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Finally of interest is this shot of
a nicely impressed Broadmoor logo from another
vase (click).
It shows a worker on
the right operating a press mold while the other
is at the kick wheel throwing a vase. |
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