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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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1969-30-1-a_b