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Vase

George E. Ohrca. 1893-1909

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

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.

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  • Title: Vase
  • Creator: George E. Ohr
  • Creator Lifespan: 1857
  • Date Created: ca. 1893-1909
  • Type: Vase
  • Rights: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
  • Medium: Glazed earthenware
  • Markings: Impressed: G.E. OHR / Biloxi, Miss.
  • Exhibitions: "New Vistas: American Art Pottery from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum," Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), 1985-1989."Rococo: The Continuing Curve," Cooper-Hewitt, New York, 3/6/08-7/7/08
  • Dimensions: H x Diam: 10.85 x 11.7 cm (4 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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