Monumental vase / Pewabic Pottery
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.197
- Title
- Monumental vase
- Artist
- Pewabic Pottery
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 20th c.
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iridescent over matt glaze
- Object Creation Date
- 1926
- 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
- Stamped on base, only partially legible:...ABIC ..ROIT Sticker on base: PEWABIC DETROIT 21
- Dimensions
- 108 cm x 31 cm x 31 cm (42 1/2 in. x 12 3/16 in. x 12 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- vase
- Physical Description
- This is a 44.5 cm high ceramic vase. The body has an oval shape with a small rounded band as its base. The shoulder area has a rounded edge and a small flat band at the bottom of the neck. There is a short neck with a rounded, overhanging lip at the top. The vase is covered with an iridescent glaze over a semi-matt glaze that creates an appearance of irregular patches of color. It has a lilac, or lavender blue appearance. The rings of the thrown clay can be seen beneath the glaze.
- Subject Matter
- Pewabic Pottery was founded in Detroit Michigan by Mary Chase Stratton, an artist of the Arts and Crafts movement. She was encouraged by art collector, Charles Lang Freer, to experiment with iridescent glazing effects. Using a special reduction kiln developed by her partner, Horace J. Caulkins, she referred to her experimentation with iridescent glazes as "painting with fire". She described the glaze on this vase as " "21. Blue grey smooth surace with iridescent glow and high lights. Full glaze over prefired semi matt glaze with cobalt ox."
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- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- modern and contemporary art
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 854 x 1233
- File Size
- 76 KB
- Record
- 1972/2.197
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"Monumental vase; Pewabic Pottery." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.197/1972_2.197.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.
