THOMAS BAVARIA ROSENTHAL LUSTER WARE ART DECO VASE RETRO 1900-1940 PROVENANCE

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THOMAS BAVARIA ROSENTHAL LUSTER WARE ART DECO VASE RETRO 1900-1940 PROVENANCE:
$48.00

From an estate WITH INTERESTING PROVENANCE (see below…THE OWNERS WERE WORLD TRAVELORS)…A VINTAGE PURPLE LUSTERWARE VASE (7 1/2\" TALL), APPROX 8\" DIAMETER. Nice art deco look to it.

MADE By THOMAS BAVARIA (an early subsidiary of Rosenthal). The logo on bottom dates the piece to 1908-1939. I believe that the sticker refers to a Spanish retailer (HISPANO MORESQUE) where the vase may have been purchased.

The vase has a few surface scratches, but no chips or cracks, and is quite impressive. Photos were taken with different light sources to show luminous quality. THE LUMINOUSCOLOR TONES HAVE A COPPERY WARM HINT TO THE PURPLE.

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PROVENANCE

this vase was among a large collection of fine items (many dating back to the 1800s and as far back as the late 1700s)— passed down from the estate of noted economist and philanthropist Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) to his family.

Roger was a tenth generation Gloucester Massachusetts Babson who’s earliest American relative, Isabel Babson (a midwife) arrived in Salem Mass in 1637.

There is much information about pioneer economist (M.I.T. GRADUATE) Roger Babson (1875-1967) on the web noting his accomplishments including: founding of Babson College in 1919,

and founding of Weber College in 1927 (now Weber International University). Earlier in his career as an economist, Babson founded the Business Statistical Organization in 1904,

selling business and investment information to companies.Roger Babson earned the distinction of being the first financial forecaster to predict the stock market crash of October, 1929.

From 1910 to 1923, he commented on business and other matters as a regular columnist for the Saturday Evening Post. He also contributed weekly columns for the New York Times and for the

newspapers owned by the Scripps Syndicate. Babson eventually formed his own syndicate, thePublishers Financial Bureau, to disseminate his writings to papers across the United States.

Over the course of 33 years, he wrote 47 books, including his autobiography.He was 1940 candidate for US presidency for the Prohibition Party coming in thirdbehind Franklin Roosevelt and Wendell Wilkey

(it was noted in a local Wellesley Mass Column dated 1957 that Babson and his grandaughter, Camilla entertained Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at luncheon in Mr. Babson’s winter home in Mountain Lake, Fla.)

In 1948 he founded the Gravity Research Foundation. He felt that gravity waves should somehow be harnessed, and that this important force of nature was not being properly exploited.

Roger Babson extended his interest in the public’s welfare beyond investment counseling. He encouraged industries to develop products to improve public health and safety.

Among businesses receiving Roger Babson’s approval and financial backing were select early manufacturers of sanitary paper towels and other hygienic products, fire alarm call boxes, fire sprinklers, and traffic signals.

There is much more information to be found on the Babson and Weber College websites regarding the life of Roger W. Babson.

The one aspect of Roger Babson’s studies at M.I.T. (1895-1898) that he valued throughout his life was learning about the British scientist, mathematician, and philosopher, Isaac Newton.

Roger Babson was impressed by Newton’s discoveries, especially his third law of motion--”For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” He eventually incorporated Newton’s theory into many of his personal and business endeavors.

Another interesting note:Roger’s first wife, Grace Margaret Knight accumulated the largest collection of Newtonia(artifacts, documents and works of Sir Issac Newton, the person who most influenced the life of her husband) in the United States.THE COLLECTION WAS PURCHASED BY MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN MA. AND IS NOW ON EXHIBIT THERE.
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