These styles include Donatello, Azurene, Fujiama and Pauleo. Though these pieces fall under the Rozane Ware or early period, today's collectors often refer to them as Roseville. At the end of the teens, Frank Ferrell became the art director and developed multi-colored Roseville pieces with embossed or molded designs. In 1926, George Young's son Russell T. Young took over the company and with his impeccable sense of style and refined taste, he gave birth to what is known as Roseville pottery or middle period Roseville. Embossed mark on bottom of Roseville vase.
Early pieces has paper labels.
One of the first Roseville lines designed by Frank Ferrell and arguably most notable is Futura. This 1928 line is asymmetrical, stark, and one of the most sought-after Roseville lines. Futura is a fine example of the junior Young's tastes. Deco collectors, Roseville collectors, Modernism enthusiasts, and designers and historians are all in competition to purchase the finite supply of the few remaining unmarked Futura pieces. With names such as Balloon vase, Bubble vase, Telescope vase, Spaceship vase, Star vase, Falling Bullet and Bomb, it is clear that the Futura line reflected the grandeur of society less than a year before Black Friday.