Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2022.009.002 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Rookwood Pottery Company (1880-1967) |
Title |
Dull Finish Pitcher Featuring Stag Beetles |
Date |
1884 |
Decorator |
Laura Anne Fry (1857-1943) |
Cipher |
"LAF" for Laura Ann Fry in underglaze on the underside |
Makers Marks |
The underside has a die-impressed manufacturer's mark with the shape number 39 / ROOKWOOD / 1884. The artist's cipher also appears on the underside. |
Description |
A wonderful example of the Rookwood Pottery Company's (1880-1967) Dull Finish glaze, first introduced around 1884, this vase features pâte-sur-pâte insects in slight relief decorated by Laura Anne Fry (1857-1943), covered in an extremely thin, clear, matte glaze referred to as a smear glaze, with gilt overglaze decoration. A smear glaze was not directly applied to the object, but instead to the insides of a sagger or clay box that protected the piece from the direct flames of the kiln during firing. As the kiln fired, the glaze would vaporize and settle on the object. It leaves a finish that appears to have no glaze at all. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze, Slip |
Technique |
Cast, Modeled, Glazed, Hand Decorated, Overglazed, Gilt |
Height (in) |
12.250 |
Width (in) |
6.500 |
Depth (in) |
6.250 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Pottery |
Place of Origin |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
People |
Purcahse, Ayers Collection Fund |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art Pottery Animals Arts and Crafts Movement Beetles Cast Cincinnati, Ohio Dull Finish Gilt Gold Hand Decorated Handles High Gloss Insects Japonisme Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Pitchers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Rookwood Pottery Company (1880-1967) Sprayed with an Atomizer Underglaze Slip Painted |
Location |
On view in the American Art Pottery Gallery, 1st Floor |