Object Details
Manufacturer
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
Designer
Pitts Harrison Burt, American, 1837 - 1906
Decorator
Matthew Andrew Daly, American, 1860 – 1937
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
White earthenware, thrown with silver openwork overlay. Teardrop shaped body with tapering neck, flaring tri-cornered lip; circular foot. Curved handle attached from neck to the body. Ewer decorated with underglaze yellow and orange roses with green leaves against a subtly shaded background of gold, green and brown. Exterior: underglaze, glaze; yellow with crackalture. Bottom: not glazed. Overlaying the piece is silver openwork, engraved with various flowers, leaves, arabesques and volutes. Covering the base and foot, the overlay extends upward and becomes a large openwork pattern in the area beneath the handle. Handle and lip sheathed in undecorated silver.
Credit Line
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
Date
1894
Accession Number
1984-84-9
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
ewer
Type
ewer
Medium
earthenware, glaze, silver overlay
Dimensions
H x diam.: 54.6 x 21.3 cm (21 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
made in
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (pottery)
Providence, Rhode Island, USA (silver)
See more items in
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1984-84-9