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Inkwell and cover

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Body (a) composed of figure of a rook standing on a ribbed lillypad, the bird's tail overhanging the edge and its breast supported by the slightly opened center flower which forms the inkpot; separate knobbed lid (b) sits on the inkpot. Overall form and lid covered in mustard yellow to brown glaze.

    Credit Line

    Museum purchase through gift of Annie Schermerhorn Kane

    Date

    1903

    Accession Number

    1969-30-1-a,b

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    ceramics
    Decorative Arts
    Inkwell and cover

    Medium

    earthenware, glaze

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 18.2 x 30 x 27 cm (7 3/16 x 11 13/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

    made in

    Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45ed0b182-5592-4ebf-80ed-0796c07456a8

    Record ID

    chndm_1969-30-1-a_b

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