Vase / Pewabic Pottery
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.187
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Pewabic Pottery
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th c.
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iridescent glaze
- Object Creation Date
- 1925
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Michigan (state)
- Wayne (county)
- Detroit (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Michigan (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Wayne (county)
- Creation Place 5
- Detroit (inhabited place)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Arts and Crafts
- Inscription
- Stamp on base obscured by glaze and stickers Stickers on base: PEWABIC POTTERY 5 M.1
- Dimensions
- 12 cm x 12.3 cm x 12.3 cm (4 3/4 in. x 4 13/16 in. x 4 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- vase
- Physical Description
- This vessel has a thin mouth that widens to a broad shoulder before tapering to a comparatively slender base. The colors of the glaze include a rich mustard yellow near the mouth, transitions to iridescent shades of purple o the shoulder and then a deep celadon green on the lower portion of the vessel.
- Subject Matter
- The first quarter of this century saw the rise of a number of art potteries in the United States, a facet of the international Arts and Crafts Movement. Founded in Detroit in 1907 by Mary Chase Stratton (employing her married name of Perry at a later date) and Horace James Calkins, the Pewabic Pottery concentrated on hand-built vessels whose shapes were largely derived from traditional Asian ceramics. Under Marry Chase Stratton’s artistic direction, these refined forms were combined with a rich variety of iridescent glazes that became the Pottery’s hallmark.
- Most of the works in the Museum of Art’s Pewabic collection come from Margaret Watson Parker, a Detroit-area collector and associate of Charles Lang Freer. Mrs. Parker’s bequest to the University of Michigan included numerous Pewabic works selected personally for her by Mary Chase Stratton for their quality and beauty. Several additional pieces of Pewabic ware came to the University from the collection of H.O. Havemeyer.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 591 x 565
- File Size
- 23 KB
- Record
- 1972/2.187
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.187/1972_2.187.jpg
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"Vase; Pewabic Pottery." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.187/1972_2.187.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
