Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2006.34F.1 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Rookwood Pottery Company (1880-1967) |
Title |
Large Cirrus Charger Hand Decorated with an Abstract Leaf Pattern |
Date |
1953 |
Decorator |
Loretta Holtkamp (1894-1985) |
Cipher |
A stylized "LH" for Loretta Holtkamp appears in underglaze on the underside |
Makers Marks |
The underside has a die-impressed manufacturer's mark with the conjoined "RP" flame logo with 14 flames / Roman numerals LIII, designating that this piece was made in 1953 / shape number 6834. |
Description |
An example of Rookwood Pottery Company's Cirrus glaze introduced circa 1949, this black and white charger, shape number 6824, was hand decorated by Loretta Holtkamp (1894-1985) in1953. The piece features a raised abstract leaf pattern and decorated with a white, unctuous semi-translucent glaze that was one of Rookwood's last glaze lines and was named after cirrus clouds. |
Medium |
Porcelain, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed |
Height (in) |
2.000 |
Diameter (in) |
14.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Mid-Century Modern |
Place of Origin |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
People |
Holtkamp, Loretta Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
Search Terms |
Abstract American Art Pottery Cast Chargers Cincinnati, Ohio Cirrus Clouds Female Artists Leaves Mid-Century Modern Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Rookwood Pottery Company (1880-1967) Semi-Transparent |
Location |
Not on view |