Roseville Fujiyama Vase, ca. 1905
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GUEST:
My husband and I got married ten years ago. And we started collecting antiques before we got married. And when we did get married, my grandparents wanted to do something special and different. So my grandfather's sister's husband's father was a huge collector. My grandma went through his collection and picked this out for us.
APPRAISER:
The Roseville Company, which was in Zanesville, Ohio, went through many different lines. This one you mentioned as being Fudji. Almost. The gentleman who designed this line, his name was Gazo Fudji, and he came from Japan. He designed several lines there. This beautiful one, which is referred to as Fujiyama.
GUEST:
Okay.
APPRAISER:
Fujiyama is a little bit earlier than Fudji.
GUEST:
Oh, okay.
APPRAISER:
Maybe by a year-- 1905.
GUEST:
Okay.
APPRAISER:
And then Fudji came after, in 1906.
GUEST:
Okay.
APPRAISER:
Now, they're very similar. They're both very stylized.
GUEST:
Yeah.
APPRAISER:
Done in the Arts and Crafts movement. Fujiyama is better than Fudji by about $1,000. So if this were Fudji, it would be about $1,500 to $2,000. But because it's earlier Fujiyama, with this rare background glaze, we're talking $2,500 to $3,500. And, if you're putting an insurance value on that, I'd put $4,000.
Guest: Okay.
APPRAISER:
This is a sweet little pot you have here. And for all the Fudjis that one will see, maybe out of ten or 20 Fudjis, you'll see one Fujiyama.
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