Object Details
Manufacturer
Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts, 1895–1908
Grueby Pottery, 1899 – 1911
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Coarse white earthenware body with press-molded design of single tulip and leaves. Mat glazes in dark red and light green, with butterscotch mat glaze on blossom. The tulip blossom is divided symetrically by thin walls of clay, the raised contours partitioning the inlaid glazes. Palette is naturalistic with "Grueby green" between the leaves and the background.
Credit Line
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
Date
ca. 1902
Accession Number
1983-88-11
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
tiles
Decorative Arts
Tile
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
15.2 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm (6 x 6 x 7/8 in. )
manufactured in
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1983-88-11