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Vase

Object Details

Description
of baluster form, with peach glow matte background, painted with white dogwood blossoms on branches, the neck and foot gilded with a textured pattern of squares, the gilding going into the interior of the neck.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer
Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967
Decorator
Albert R. Valentien (American, 1862-1925), American, 1862 - 1925
Date
1886
Credit Line
Gift of M. Jane Murphy Johnson and Thomas Alan Johnson in honor of the Woerner Family
Medium
Molded and hand-painted gilded and glazed earthenware
Dimensions
H x diam.: 50.8 × 31.8 cm (20 in. × 12 1/2 in.)
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Vase

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