Featured Weller Triangular Bowl and Candlesticks with Oak Leaves

I'm watching an auction with this Weller set but I have not been able to find anything like it.

Google photos finds nothing and a Worthopedia search finds nothing. Anyone know anything about it?

Thanks!

 

Weller had a line called (appropriately enough) Oak Leaf. My Weller book (Huxford) indicates the pattern was made before 1936. There are some Oak Leaf items pictured in the book and the pattern look very similar to your pieces But your shapes aren't there and the pieces that are shown are in darker colors. Given Weller's propensity for reusing old molds, and the lighter colors, it wouldn't surprise me if your set actually dates a bit later.

 

I didn't see anything other than Oak Leaf in my Huxford book either.

Here is what they show

 

Yes, I found lots of Oak Leaf pottery by Weller but none of it like this.

Thank you for looking it up.

 

I don't like a lot of Weller. I think the colors are dreary and the shapes are "complicated" (the best word I can think of). I actually like these pieces. I wouldn't have thought them Weller without the mark.

 

I went digging because I was curious why you weren't finding another one, and I think there are at least a few things we can establish from the photos.

The molded “Weller Pottery Since 1872” mark on the underside is a documented later Weller mark. Just Art Pottery's Weller marks/history reference states that pottery made after 1935 can be found with the in-mold script “Weller Pottery Since 1872.” That would place this in Weller's later production period; Weller ultimately ceased production in 1948.

Source – Just Art Pottery, Weller history and marks:
https://justartpottery.com/pages/about-weller-pottery

There is also another American pottery-mark reference showing Weller's use of the impressed “Weller Pottery Since 1872” mark:

https://www.cajunc.com/pottery-marks

I searched the visible number 3497, triangular Weller bowls, triangular candlesticks, and Weller oak-leaf pieces, but I haven't found another documented example of this exact three-piece combination yet. So I wouldn't want to invent a particular Weller line or pattern name without something better to support it.

The matching triangular forms, cream glaze and identical green leaf treatment certainly make the three pieces look intentional as a set, though.

Considering you already checked WorthPoint and image search and apparently came up empty, the lack of readily available identical examples is interesting. It doesn't automatically mean rare or valuable, but I wouldn't personally dismiss it as ordinary inexpensive Weller without doing a little more digging first.

Very cool set. If anyone has an old Weller catalog showing shape 3497 or recognizes the line, I'd love to see it because now I'm curious too.