Description
A nice hand thrown pottery vase made by Betty & Nelson Mears of Tacoma, Washington. They studied ceramics under F Carlton Ball in the late 1960's & went on to exhibit their pottery, watercolors & oil paintings at various Northwest Craft shows in the 1960's to 1980's era including the Bellevue Arts & Crafts fair. Betty taught watercolor classes for a number of years. This cylindrical vase has a white underglaze with a pale brown underglaze. The white wax resist decoration shows a nice cactus style floral design that wraps around the vase. it measures 4.5" tall by 3.25" wide at the rim. The base is signed Betty Mears. The condition is nice on this Northwest studio pottery vase. We note one small shallow chip on the outer rim in one spot. A great vase for your Northwest studio pottery collection. Betty & Nelson Mears Northwest Studio Pottery Vase - Wax Resist Cactus Style Decoration Tacoma Washington Potters 4.5" Mcm
