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Metadata
Object ID |
1978.12699 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Shawnee Pottery Company (1937-1961) |
Title |
Landscape Vase |
Date |
Circa 1956 |
Decorator |
Art Wagner (Active Circa 1956) |
Signature |
Art Wagner |
Signature Location |
Front of vessel below decoration |
Makers Marks |
The underside has an impressed manufacturer's mark that reads KENWOOD USA. |
Description |
The Shawnee Pottery Company (1937-1961) purchased the American Encaustic Tiling Company in 1937 and began producing a wide range of vases, figurines, dinnerware, and cookie jars in the facility in Zanesville, Ohio. Many items were made for "five and dime" stores like the F.W. Woolworth Company. They also produced a line of dinnerware exclusively for Sears, Roebuck and Co. This piece features a hand decorated landscape signed by pottery decorator Art Wagner (Active Circa 1956). |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Hand Decorated |
Height (in) |
9.000 |
Diameter (in) |
4.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Art Pottery |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of John F. Bonistall |
People |
Bonistall, John F. Wagner, Art |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Blue Cast Gray Hand Decorated Landscapes Matte Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators The Shawnee Pottery Company (1937-1961) Vases White Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |