Prang Arts & Crafts Vase in Rare Chocolate Glaze CA2451

Measures 6" x 6" x 4".

Beginning in 1913, Fulper Pottery Company began producing art pottery shapes for the Prang Company of New York.  Louis Prang was originally known for the color litho prints he produced during the nineteenth century.  He was a tireless leader in the advancement of art education, and the standards he set for art education tools during his lifetime were continued by the Prang Company after his death.  Prang’s specialty was providing all materials and supplies necessary for art education and instruction for all school levels.  

From 1913 through 1929, the Prang Company sold Fulper artware shapes for use as still-life models for students to sketch or draw. The Fulper shapes produced for Prang during 1913 to 1916 were all clearly marked “PRANG” on the bottom.  After 1916, all pieces for Prang simply bore a "FULPER" trademark.  Even though Prang’s catalogs continued to show the original shapes first offered in 1913, the Prang assortments changed as older shapes were discontinued.  The actual pieces provided in each Prang assortment were determined by Fulper, so not all pieces shown in Prang’s catalogs were always available to Prang.  Because of this, the Prang Company added the following statement to the Fulper listing of the 1927 Prang catalog:  “Assortments may vary – a uniform number of pieces – but DIFFERENT SHAPES in each set.”