Design: #487 Dragonflies
Date Designed: 1906
Designer: J. Emma Kinkead left written notes that Anne Van Briggle designed all the dragonflies, except #668 and #686.
Description: Four oval divisions to the design, with 4 dragonflies extending to the very top of the rim. Light blue glaze over chocolate clay; with the glaze pooling in the low areas of design, and chocolate clay showing through the high points of the dragonflies. Design #487 impressed; other bottom markings incised. Date 1906 barely visible; bottom has been factory-ground to level.
Dimensions: 4 3/4″ height
Other: Bottom markings somewhat mixture of 1906 and later 1907-12 periods. Design #487 incised as in 1906; “Colorado Springs” added and “swirl finisher mark” as with 1907-12. However, date of 1906 visible.
Collection: Private
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