Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1988.15326 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Title |
American China Painted Decorative Platter Featuring Roses |
Date |
Circa 1900 |
Decorator |
Carrie S. Geis (1873-1949) |
Signature |
Carrie Geis |
Signature Location |
Lower edge of the platter, viewer's right |
Makers Marks |
This platter bears the ink stamped manufacturer's mark "CFH" / "GDM" / France on the platter's underside. |
Description |
This hand-decorated serving platter was painted by Zanesville, Ohio native Carrie S. Geis (1873-1949) circa 1900. In the 1910 census, the artist considered herself a self-employed painter in the China industry. Referred to as an "amateur" porcelain painter, Geis was one of thousands of women across the United States beginning in the 1880s who were gripped by a "decorative mania" inspired by European decorative porcelain displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. China painting was a socially acceptable hobby or trade for women because it allowed them to create artistic objects for the home. According to one critic, the China painting fervor caused "the loveliest and purest maidens in the land to smell of turpentine." Purchasing porcelain blanks from Haviland Limoge in France, women like Geis hand painted the white bisque surfaces before firing them in a kiln. Many of the pieces decorated their homes, were given as gifts, or were sold. These amateur porcelain painters influenced the next generation of women decorators who worked outside the home as professional pottery decorators in large pottery concerns including Weller Pottery Company or Roseville Pottery Company in Zanesville, Ohio. |
Medium |
Porcelain Blank, China Oil Paint |
Technique |
China Oil Painted, Cast, Hand Decorated, Gilded |
Height (in) |
12.500 |
Width (in) |
0.250 |
Length (in) |
8.725 |
Culture |
American |
School |
American China Painting |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Baker |
People |
Geis, Carrie S. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. John |
Search Terms |
Amateur Women China Painters American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics American China Painting Cast Female Artists Flowers Gilt High Gloss Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Platters Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Roses Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |