Thorn Apple

Introduced in 1937, Thorn Apple has a tapering blossom on one side of the vessel and a thorny pod on the other. Background colors are blue fading to turquoise, brown to tan with yellow accents, and green with a salmon pink. Pieces usually have impressed marks.

Thorn Apple blue vase
small chip to base, marked, 10″ tall.

$150-$200

Thorn Apple brown hanging basket
tight 1″ line to one hole, unmarked, 5 3/4″ by 7 1/2″.

$225-$275

Three Thorn Apple brown pieces
triple candleholder (1120) and pair of cornucopia-shaped vases (127-6″), a couple of tiny flecks to one, impressed marks.

$200-$250/set

Two Thorn Apple brown pieces
wall pocket (1280-8″) with clay pimple to body and vase (810-6″) with minute fleck to handle, impressed marks.

$400-$450/pair

Thorn Apple pink pedestal
unmarked, 17″.

$275-$325

Thorn Apple pink wall pocket
unmarked, 9 1/4″ tall.

$450-$550

Two Thorn Apple pieces
brown pillow vase (812-6″) and pink bowl (307-6″), both marked.

$250-$300/pair

Two Thorn Apple pieces
pink squat vase (808-4″) with bruise to rim and blue bulbous vase (818-8″), impressed marks.

$200-$250/pair

Three Thorn Apple pieces
including a pair of green candlesticks and pink vase (808-4″), all marked (obscured on candlesticks); candlesticks:

2 1/2″ tall.

$325-$375/set

Thorn Apple blue centerpiece
impressed mark 312, 6 1/2″ by 7 1/2″ by 4″.

$350-$450