Skip to main content Skip to main navigation
heart-solid My Visit Donate
Home Smithsonian Institution IK development site for ODI
Press Enter to activate a submenu, down arrow to access the items and Escape to close the submenu.
    • Overview
    • Museums and Zoo
    • Entry and Guidelines
    • Museum Maps
    • Dine and Shop
    • Accessibility
    • Visiting with Kids
    • Group Visits
    • Overview
    • Exhibitions
    • Online Events
    • All Events
    • IMAX & Planetarium
    • Overview
    • Topics
    • Collections
    • Research Resources
    • Stories
    • Podcasts
    • Overview
    • For Caregivers
    • For Educators
    • For Students
    • For Academics
    • For Lifelong Learners
    • Overview
    • Become a Member
    • Renew Membership
    • Make a Gift
    • Volunteer
    • Overview
    • Our Organization
    • Our Leadership
    • Reports and Plans
    • Newsdesk
heart-solid My Visit Donate

Vase

Cooper Hewitt

This media is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Open Access page.
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.
View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

    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

    See more items in

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49d529073-8ead-4c16-aa5c-08936bb36bd4

    Record ID

    chndm_1984-84-35

    Discover More

    Roseville Pottery

    American Art Pottery: Useful and Beautiful

    Roseville Pottery

    Selected Bibliography

    arrow-up Back to top
    Home
    • Facebook facebook
    • Instagram instagram
    • LinkedIn linkedin
    • YouTube youtube

    • Contact Us
    • Get Involved
    • Shop Online
    • Job Opportunities
    • Equal Opportunity
    • Inspector General
    • Records Requests
    • Accessibility
    • Host Your Event
    • Press Room
    • Privacy
    • Terms of Use