This ceramic or art pottery vase measures 8 inches tall by about 5.5 inches in diameter.
It is in the style of English Wedgewood, but was made in Ontario, Canada by the ECanada Art Pottery Company.
It dates circa 1944-1952.
It is in very good to excellent condition with the exception of what appears to be a few very small patches of clear lacquer. It is not really worth mentioning, but as we all hate surprises, I always mention everything, regardless of how insignificant it is.
Overall, this is a beautiful, crisply detailed vase that could easily hold it's own in a good Wedgwood collection.
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The Ecanada Art Pottery Company was located in Hamilton, Ontario and was the brainchild of George Emery, who was born in Staffordshire England in 1881. At the age of 12, Emery was apprenticed for seven years at the Wedgwood factory in basic potting and mould making. Showing skill, he was apprenticed in design for a further 7 years at the same location. Working for a while at Wedgwood, where he was bound, he decided to seek opportunities elsewhere and immigrated to Canada in 1912. While Emery was working as a designer for the Canadian Porcelain Company in Hamilton, he first began to produce his own version of Wedgwood jasperware that was to become known as Ecanada.
The earliest pieces appear to have been produced in his basement from about 1926. He was able to use the kilns at the Canadian Porcelain Co. for firing when space was available and production grew. Pieces produced at this time tend to be a greyish blue and may be marked to the base with impressed upper case letters, CANADIAN PORCELAIN CO. LTD. HAMILTON. ONT. or EMERY HAMILTON CANADA. Emery continued with this mode of manufacture until 1944 when he purchased premises of his own. Moving the production to its own site made sense but in increasing the size of production Emery also had to hire more professional designers and potters. This increased cost, coupled with the change in Canadian tastes, saw the Ecanada Pottery Company slip into Canadian history by 1952.
All Ecanada wares were essentially slip cast with the white relief work applied to the sides being made of a white porcelain body. Colours vary greatly with a dull grey/blue being the first Emery produced followed on by dark blue, light blue, pink, yellow, dark green, lavender, black and pale green. Dark blue was discontinued in about 1949. The Ecanada Art Pottery was permanently closed down in 1952.
