Vase / Rookwood Pottery
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.438
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Rookwood Pottery
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- founded 1880
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with modeled matte blue glaze
- Object Creation Date
- 1929
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Ohio (state)
- Cincinnati (city)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Ohio (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Cincinnati (city)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Arts and Crafts
- Dimensions
- 16.2 cm x 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm (6 3/8 in. x 2 9/16 in. x 2 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- vase
- Physical Description
- Slender blue-glazed vase with a streamlined form that tapers to a base narrower than the shoulder of vessel. The work has a modeled and stylized motif of peacock feathers. Overall effect is of simplicity and refinement.
- Subject Matter
- Rookwood Pottery, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, was the premiere American fine arts pottery from its foundation in 1880 through the 1930's. The early works were hand-painted but in the early twentieth century the pottery introduced its line of production ware, of which this is an example.
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 721 x 1277
- File Size
- 45 KB
- Record
- 1983/1.438
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-1.438/1983_1.438.jpg
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"Vase; Rookwood Pottery." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-1.438/1983_1.438.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.
