Ceramic, moss green glaze with lighter, colored speckles, brown running glaze on the lip; base mounted in copper, five wooden ball feet. Tall calabash-shaped vessel, relief decoration of volutes and stylized leaf or vine forms. Possibly by Hans von Heider, director of the ceramic department at the State School of Arts and Crafts in Stuttgart since 1905. Height 59.5 cm. A large German Art Nouveau glazed ceramic floor vase. German. Possibly by Hans von Heider, State School of Arts and Crafts, Stuttgart. Circa 1905-1914.