Iris

Another design that faithfully mimics nature, Iris (1939) features pairs of large blossoms and tall, slender leaves. Backgrounds are the familiar blue-turquoise, salmon-brown, and dusty pink. Pieces usually feature impressed marks, but they are sometimes unmarked.

Iris blue hanging basket
with two handles, some abrasion to bottom, unmarked, 5 1/4″ by 8 1/2″.

$275-$300

Iris blue bookends
(5), fleck to tip of one, raised marks, 5 1/4″ by 5″.

$125-$175/pair

Pair of Iris blue low candlesticks
(1134), 3/4″ glaze scale to base of one, impressed marks, 3″ by 4″ each.

$175-$225/pair

Iris blue center or console bowl
(362-10″), impressed mark, 12 5/8″ by 6 3/4″ by 3 7/8″.

$175-$225

Iris blue flowerpot
with under plate (648-5″), 1″ bruise to rim of pot, raised marks.

$275-$300

Iris blue footed basket planter
(355-10″), restoration to handle on one side, impressed mark.

$150-$175

Two Iris blue vases
one bud (918-7″) with small flat stilt-pull chip and three touched-up chips, and one footed with flat shoulder (919-7″) with minute fleck to corner of one handle, impressed marks.

$150-$175/pair

Two Iris blue pieces
small flaring vase (914-4″) and small bowl (359-5″) with minor pinprick to corner of one handle, impressed marks.

$175-$200/pair

Two Iris blue pieces
fan vase (922-8″) and cornucopia vase (132-8″), impressed marks.

$375-$400/pair

Iris blue bulbous vase
(929-15″), impressed mark.

$750-$850

Iris blue bulbous vase
with scalloped rim (929-15″), strong mold, and good glazing, 4″ interior body line and shallow spider line to bottom, neither go through, and a couple of minute flecks to rim, impressed mark.

$400-$450

Iris blue flaring vase
with bulbous base, illegible impressed mark, 10 1/2″ by 7 1/2″.

$350-$400

Iris blue wall shelf
(2), minute and shallow bruise to one side of shelf, impressed mark, 8 1/4″ by 5″.

$450-$500

Iris brown flaring footed urn
with squat base (823-8″), minor bruise to one corner of handle, impressed mark.

$175-$200

Two Iris brown pieces
cornucopia vase (134-6″) and small footed vessel with squat base (130-4″), very faint impressed mark to one.

$175-$200/pair

Iris brown jardinière
(647-10″) and pedestal set, small reglued chip to pedestal, nick to rim, and small filled-in chips to flowers on jardinière, both marked.

$900-$1,000

Two Iris brown pieces
footed pillow vase (922-8″) with 1 1/2″ chip to base and oval basket planter (355-10″), impressed marks.

$400-$450/pair

Iris brown wall shelf
(2), some minor bruises to petals, impressed mark, 8 1/4″ by 5″.

$375-$400

Iris pink console set
with oval center bowl (360-10″) and a pair of candlesticks (1135-4 1/2″), impressed marks.

$300-$350/set

Iris pink spherical basket planter
(354-8″), impressed mark.

$250-$300

Iris brown bulbous vase
with flaring rim (920-7″), impressed mark.

$110-$140

Two Iris pieces
pink bulbous vase with flaring rim (920-7″) and small blue urn, both marked (one illegible); urn:

4 1/4″ by 4″.

$150-$200/pair

Two Iris pink pieces
ewer (926-10″) and squat planter (647-4″) with minor bruise to one petal, impressed marks.

$350-$400/pair

Iris pink bulbous urn
(928-12″), impressed mark.

$400-$450

Iris pink ovoid footed vase
(924-9″), strong mold and good glazing, impressed mark.

$275-$300

Two Iris pink pieces
ovoid vase (915-5″) and small footed vessel with squat base (130-4″), impressed marks.

$175-$200/pair

Iris pink squat vessel
unmarked, 5 1/8″ by 3 1/2″.

$160-$180