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Vase

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Sea green vase. White clay body, thrown. Cylindrical body with short inset neck with thick lip; molded flat foot. Decorated with two fish above three tiers of foamy waves. Underglaze slip colors are shades of green: fish are an olive green, water is blue-green with slightly raised ridges of white. Above fish is dark olive green area. Allover light green glaze; fine cracklature. Interior and bottom glazed.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967
Decorator
Edward Timothy Hurley, American, 1869–1950
Date
1901
Credit Line
Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
Medium
Glazed and hand-painted stoneware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 18.75 x 7.3 cm (7 1/2 x 2 7/8 in.)
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Vase

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