Bird and Blossoms Mid-century Ceramic Wall Pocket Vase Vintage Vase and head vases from 1942

and head vases from 1942 until its closing in 1956

Mrazek became a decorated hero of the Czechosolvakian independence movement

are as valuable today as they were in the 1970s

an art and pottery professor who discovered the rich clays of the region while teaching at the University of Oklahoma

featuring a lovely yellow rose motif

Bird and Blossoms Mid-century Ceramic Wall Pocket Vase Vintage Vase and head vases from 1942Beautifully detailed ceramic wall pocket featuring a bird, perhaps a finch, in the garden with pink cherry blossoms Popularized in the early years of the 20th century, between the world wars, figural wall pockets took form in many shapes and sizes. Manufactured in the United States and imported from Europe during these years, wall pockets, or wall vases, held cut flowers or ivy stems for rooting. After the Second World War, imports from Japan became