Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2005.105 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Dickens Ware II Pitcher with Two Men Playing Checkers |
Date |
Circa 1900 |
Decorator |
Unknown |
Designer |
Charles Babcock Upjohn (1866-1953) |
Makers Marks |
The underside has a half circle impressed manufacturer's mark DICKENSWARE / WELLER, and an impressed "234" and "12". |
Description |
An example from Weller Pottery Company's Dickens Ware II line introduced in 1900, this semi-gloss pitcher features an intricately incised image of two men playing checkers. Leisure activities were a common motif for this line designed by Charles Babcock Upjohn (1866-1953) along with a variety of characters, many of whom are drawn from stories by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). |
Medium |
Black earthenware, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Hand Decorated, Sgraffito |
Height (in) |
4.500 |
Diameter (in) |
3.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Judith Downey Tucker and Mark R. Downey |
Source Collection |
Downey Family Collection |
People |
Tucker, Judi Downey and Downey, Mark |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Arts and Crafts Movement Cast Checkers Clothing / Dress Dickens Ware II Figures, Men Footed Vessels Green Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Pitchers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Semigloss Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) Weller Pottery Company Early Lines Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |