Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967
- Decorator
- Caroline Virginia (Rich) McGuffey, American, 1839 – 1905
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Straight-sided cylindrical vase with flat foot and lip. Around base a 1 1/8 inch band of incised trilobe leaves, outlined in blue. Around vase, incised line spiraling upward to lip, upon which are seated nine stylized children in various postures, each with hair standing on end. All figures with incised outlines filled with cobalt blue. Vase glazed overall (interior and exterior) in grey-green color with fine crackle.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dona Guimaraes in memory of Sarah McGuffey
- 1883
- Accession Number
- 1983-43-2
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- vase
- Type
- vase
- Medium
- earthenware
- Dimensions
- H x diam.: 19 x 8.3 cm (7 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
- made in
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1983-43-2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq499633321-ad3e-4857-9cbf-cb33a3227c52
