Merrimac Pottery rare vase decorated with arching leaves, possibly “bird’s nest” ferns five times around. Glazed in their signature semi matte, curdled and feathered green glaze. Marked with only decorator initials and 1903, and no die-stamped sturgeon mark or paper label. It measures about 2 5/8 inches tall and about 4 inches in diameter. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or firing flaws or repairs. Merrimac used a wide variety of glazes, as many as the Grueby or Walley Potteries to whom the work is often compared. The pottery was located in Newburyport Massachusetts and only made art pottery from 1900 to 1908. A beautiful little jewel of New England Arts & Crafts era art pottery.