A vase by Rhead. A similar vase broke the world record for American art pottery at the Rago Arts and Auction Center, March 10, 2007 when it sold for $516,000. Frederick Hurten Rhead (1880-1942) was born in Hanley, Staffordshire, England into a family of potters. His father Frederick Alfred Rhead, trained as a pâte-sur-pâte artist at Minton´s and went on to work for a number of other potteries including his own. Wikipedia
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