Jar

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Object Details

Description

American, 20th century, Early Pewabic

Jar

Clay: dense.

Glaze: mingled red and green

H. 8.4 cm; W: 10 cm. (3-5/16" x 3-15/16")

Label

Made from 1903 until 1965, the Pewabic pottery of Detroit was most noted for iridescent glazes. These colorful hues are created when metallic salts, such as copper oxides, are spread on the pottery before its last firing. Many well-known art-potters and glassmakers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries created iridescent glazes inspired by ceramic lusterwares from the Near East. The potters, then, shared some of the same sources of inspiration as artists like James McNeill Whistler, and Dwight Tryon.

Provenance

To 1917

Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961), Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mary Chase Perry Stratton in 1917 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See American Pottery List, R. 6541, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History

Pewabic Pottery (November 20, 1979 to March 5, 1981)

American Paintings: Abbott Handerson Thayer 1849-1921 (December 11, 1976 to April 18, 1977)

Previous custodian or owner

Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

ca. 1917

Accession Number

F1917.442

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Vessel

Medium

Glazed clay

Dimensions

H x Diam (overall): 8.5 x 10 cm (3 3/8 x 3 15/16 in)

Style

Pewabic ware

Origin

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

ceramic

Pewabic ware

United States

American Art

Charles Lang Freer collection

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