Object Details
Manufacturer
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967
Decorator
Edward Timothy Hurley, American, 1869–1950
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
White stoneware, thrown. Cylindrical body, tapering upward, waisted below bulbous shoulder, truncated neck; no foot. Decorated with Native American-inspired scene along a riverbank. In foreground, design of two teepees among trees with figures doing various activities. In background, more teepees are seen across river. Bottom third of body mottled dark green and brown. Lower sky and river subtly shaded orange into pale yellow, upper sky shading into blue-green. Figures, teepees and foliage in shades of brown and dark green. Exterior: slip underglaze, transparent Vellum matte glaze; cracklature. Interior and bottom: glaze, white.
Credit Line
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
Date
1909
Accession Number
1984-84-1
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
vase
Type
vase
Medium
stoneware
Dimensions
H x diam.: 34.7 x 16.5 cm (13 11/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
made in
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1984-84-1