Object Details
Designer
William Watts Taylor, American, 1847-1913
Decorator
Matthew Andrew Daly, American, 1860 – 1937
Manufacturer
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Gray-green earthenware, thrown, applied handle. Decorated with ghostly skeleton figure in a shroud, one arm upraised and holding a burning lamp. Figure in shades of ocher, pale brown, dark brown, and green. Background shaded in ochers, browns, and dark green. Exterior: glaze; yellow with aventurine effects.
Credit Line
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
Date
1891
Accession Number
1984-84-8
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
jug
Type
jug
Medium
earthenware
Dimensions
H x diam.: 19.6 x 15 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
made in
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1984-84-8