Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2018.002.002 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
J. B. Owens Pottery Company (1885-1907) |
Title |
Utopian Vase with a Portrait of an Elderly Woman |
Date |
Circa 1896 |
Decorator |
James E. Hale (1854-1918) |
Signature |
J. Hale |
Signature Location |
Partial underglaze signature below decoration |
Makers Marks |
This piece is unmarked. |
Description |
An unusual example from the J.B. Owens Pottery Company's Utopian line introduced in 1896, this vase features underglaze slip painted decorations by pottery decorator James E. Hale (1854-1918). The portrait of an elderly woman is not a common image for the Utopian line or any J.B. Owens Pottery Company lines. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Underglaze, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Underglaze Slip Painted, Sprayed with an Atomizer |
Height (in) |
9.000 |
Diameter (in) |
7.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Dr. Edward A. Council, III |
Source Collection |
Dr. Edward A. Council, III Collection |
People |
Council, Dr. Edward A. Hale, James E. |
Search Terms |
Airbrushed American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Arts and Crafts Movement Bonnets Cast Clothing / Dress Figures, Women Hand Decorated J.B. Owens Pottery Company (1885-1907) Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Portraits Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Sprayed with an Atomizer Teacups Underglaze Slip Painted Vases Windows Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |