Vase / Markham Art Pottery
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1978/1.168
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Markham Art Pottery
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with raised design and matte glaze
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1905
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Inscription
- Inscised on bottom: Markham/28
- Dimensions
- 18 cm x 13.1 cm (7 1/16 in. x 5 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- vase
- Physical Description
- This long-necked bottle has a matte glaze of tans, brown, and orange. It also has a raised pattern that at first looks like a craquelure pattern.
- Subject Matter
- Ann Arbor-based Markham Pottery began when Herman C. Markham, a traveling salesman and a devoted grower of roses, found that he could not get an adequate supply of vases that kept the water cool enough to keep the blooms of his roses fresh. In the mid-1880s, he began working with the clay in his yard to create utilitarian vases whose understated beauty enhanced, rather than competed, with his roses. By 1905, Markham was joined in the enterprise by his son Kenneth. The pottery that the Markhams developed consisted of a low-fired ceramic body based on classical forms decorated with a distinctive webbing of low relief clay that is part of the mold. Usually fired with matte glazes in earthen colors and stains, the delicacy of Markham ware made their products quite popular.
- In 1913, the Markhams moved their pottery to National City, California, near San Diego. There they could take advantage of workspace provided for them at the plant of the California China Products Company. The numbers of works produced by Markham Pottery was not as great as some potteries; the company ceased production in 1921.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 744 x 1272
- File Size
- 126 KB
- Record
- 1978/1.168
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"Vase; Markham Art Pottery." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-1.168/1978_1.168.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.