Object Details
Artist
John Graziosi (1884-1957)
Ella Peters (1901-1994)
Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961)
Description
Bowl: Tall with straight sloping sides, small spreading foot.
Clay: Buff-white stoneware.
Glaze: Opaque, lustrous, completely covers vessel; outside pebbly, iridescent grayish around rim, streaky mustard yellow over crackled pinkish white on body, inside pale iridescent grayish green and lavender.
Seal of the Pewabic Pottery under glaze on base.
Height: 13.4 cm. (5-5/16 in.) Diameter: 14.5 cm (5-11/16 in.)
Provenance
To 1917
Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961), 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. 6528, L. 2587, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: "Gift of Mary Chase Perry Stratton in 1946 to replace bowl which was broken. Original bowl [which was a purchase] bearing this number was catalogued as follows: Bowl: tall. Clay: dense, covered with glaze. Glaze: lustrous black mottled with iridescent red-violet. .152 x .143" According to Curatorial Remark 2, S. Hobbs, 1978, in the object record: "This flared bowl with slightly everted foot is a replacement for a very similar piece which was broken and returned to Pewabic Pottery to be fixed. The latter bowl was lost, so the Pottery made a replacement piece. The original was found, repaired and is now in the possession of Mrs. Ella Peters, who was Mrs. Stratton's secretary and her successor at the Pottery until it closed in 1965. ...The original bowl, which Mrs. Peters has, retains the Freer reserve number in red."
[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
early 20th century
Accession Number
F1917.432
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Clay with iridescent glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 13.5 x 14.7 cm (5 5/16 x 5 13/16 in)
Style
Pewabic ware
Origin
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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National Museum of Asian Art
Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
iridescence
ceramic
Pewabic ware
United States
American Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1917.432