Object Details
- Artist
- John Graziosi (1884-1957)
- Ella Peters (1901-1994)
- Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961)
- Description
- Bowl: Tall with straight sloping sides, small spreading foot.
- Clay: Buff-white stoneware.
- Glaze: Opaque, lustrous, completely covers vessel; outside pebbly, iridescent grayish around rim, streaky mustard yellow over crackled pinkish white on body, inside pale iridescent grayish green and lavender.
- Seal of the Pewabic Pottery under glaze on base.
- Height: 13.4 cm. (5-5/16 in.) Diameter: 14.5 cm (5-11/16 in.)
- Provenance
- To 1917
- Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961), Detroit, to 1917 [1]
- From 1917 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mary Chase Perry Stratton in 1917 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See American Pottery List, R. 6528, L. 2587, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: "Gift of Mary Chase Perry Stratton in 1946 to replace bowl which was broken. Original bowl [which was a purchase] bearing this number was catalogued as follows: Bowl: tall. Clay: dense, covered with glaze. Glaze: lustrous black mottled with iridescent red-violet. .152 x .143" According to Curatorial Remark 2, S. Hobbs, 1978, in the object record: "This flared bowl with slightly everted foot is a replacement for a very similar piece which was broken and returned to Pewabic Pottery to be fixed. The latter bowl was lost, so the Pottery made a replacement piece. The original was found, repaired and is now in the possession of Mrs. Ella Peters, who was Mrs. Stratton's secretary and her successor at the Pottery until it closed in 1965. ...The original bowl, which Mrs. Peters has, retains the Freer reserve number in red."
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Pewabic Pottery (November 20, 1979 to March 5, 1981)
- American Paintings: Abbott Handerson Thayer 1849-1921 (December 11, 1976 to April 18, 1977)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- F1917.432
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Clay with iridescent glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 13.5 x 14.7 cm (5 5/16 x 5 13/16 in)
- Style
- Pewabic ware
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- iridescence
- ceramic
- Pewabic ware
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1917.432
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35a6e2b3b-e323-4f10-8640-9a6e96e36ebe
