Object Details
Manufacturer
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967
Decorator
Maria Longworth Nichols, American, 1849–1932
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Ginger-colored earthenware. Globular body with short wide lip, painted with underglaze slips. Asymmetrically grouped black spiders and bats against cloudlike swirls of brown, ocher, blue-gray, cream and turquoise. Small hole drilled in bottom, stoppered with cork. Exterior, interior, and bottom: glazed; clear with fine crazing. Exterior: overglaze; gilt accents.
Credit Line
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
Date
1882
Accession Number
1984-84-12
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
jar
Type
jar
Medium
earthenware
Dimensions
H x diam.: 14.3 x 17.2 cm (5 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
made in
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1984-84-12