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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 102865, member: 37"]Picked up this musical rotating jardiniere at the thrift store several years ago right before I moved. Packed it away before being able to do any real research and just ran across it recently. It appears to be Roseville Ivory II on a possible Russco blank. Thing is, I can't find this as Russco piece or an Ivory II piece even without the musical base. I find no reference at all to any musical Roseville pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>The jardiniere is 3" tall and about 6" diameter without the handles. Weight and thickness is about right for Roseville. The bottom seems to be recessed just slightly more than typical Roseville. The clay seems a bit light in color for typical Roseville pottery. However, looking at some of the bottoms of Ivory II pieces, it doesn't really seem to be off. It is glued to a cardboard platform that is connected to the music box stem. You turn the jardiniere to wind the music box. There is no on/off switch.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do I have? Roseville Ivory II ? Roseville experimental? Some other identifiable pottery? An import knock-off? An odd duck?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26013[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26014[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 102865, member: 37"]Picked up this musical rotating jardiniere at the thrift store several years ago right before I moved. Packed it away before being able to do any real research and just ran across it recently. It appears to be Roseville Ivory II on a possible Russco blank. Thing is, I can't find this as Russco piece or an Ivory II piece even without the musical base. I find no reference at all to any musical Roseville pieces. The jardiniere is 3" tall and about 6" diameter without the handles. Weight and thickness is about right for Roseville. The bottom seems to be recessed just slightly more than typical Roseville. The clay seems a bit light in color for typical Roseville pottery. However, looking at some of the bottoms of Ivory II pieces, it doesn't really seem to be off. It is glued to a cardboard platform that is connected to the music box stem. You turn the jardiniere to wind the music box. There is no on/off switch. What do I have? Roseville Ivory II ? Roseville experimental? Some other identifiable pottery? An import knock-off? An odd duck? [ATTACH=full]26013[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26014[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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