Object Details
- Ceramist
- George E. Ohr, American, 1857–1918
- Company
- Biloxi Art Pottery, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, 1882 - 1910
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Vase with spout. Red-buff colored clay body, thrown. Globular body with folded vertical spout, incised line demarcates shoulder, turned-down flat ruffled rim with jagged edges; low flat foot. Around back of body is applied ribbon-like ruffled "apron." Exterior covered with variegated dark brown glaze mottled with darker splotches. Areas of exterior, particularly the lower half of body, have a dark film fired over the glaze. Interior covered with black glaze. Bottom partially glazed.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
- ca. 1893–1909
- Accession Number
- 1984-84-35
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Vase
- Medium
- Glazed earthenware
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 10.85 x 11.7 cm (4 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
- made in
- Biloxi, Mississippi, 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_1984-84-35
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49d529073-8ead-4c16-aa5c-08936bb36bd4
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