Object Details
Ceramist
George E. Ohr, American, 1857–1918
Company
Biloxi Art Pottery, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, 1882 - 1910
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vase with spout. Red-buff colored clay body, thrown. Globular body with folded vertical spout, incised line demarcates shoulder, turned-down flat ruffled rim with jagged edges; low flat foot. Around back of body is applied ribbon-like ruffled "apron." Exterior covered with variegated dark brown glaze mottled with darker splotches. Areas of exterior, particularly the lower half of body, have a dark film fired over the glaze. Interior covered with black glaze. Bottom partially glazed.
Credit Line
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
Date
ca. 1893–1909
Accession Number
1984-84-35
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Vase
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 10.85 x 11.7 cm (4 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
made in
Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1984-84-35