Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2006.44 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) |
Title |
Dickens Ware II Jug Featuring a Portrait of Ghost Bull |
Date |
Introduced 1900 |
Decorator |
Unknown |
Designer |
Charles Babcock Upjohn (1866-1953) |
Makers Marks |
The underside has an impressed manufacturer's mark "X229" and "5". |
Description |
An example from Weller Pottery Company's Dickens Ware II line, designed by Charles Babcock Upjohn (1866-1953) and introduced in 1900, this jug features a portrait of Ghost Bull. Portraits or depictions of people of the First Nations or Indigenous Americans were common on American art pottery and captured the early twentieth century nostalgia for the disappearing frontier. Paradoxically, forced migration policies and westward expansion were responsible for the vanishing west and its indigenous populations. |
Medium |
Black earthenware, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed, Hand Decorated, Sgraffito |
Height (in) |
10.500 |
Diameter (in) |
5.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Downey |
Source Collection |
Downey Family Collection |
People |
Downey, Mr. and Mrs. Richard |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics American Indians Arts and Crafts Movement Cast Clothing / Dress Dickens Ware II Figures, Men Ghost Bull Headwear Indigenous Americans Jugs Matte Native Americans Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Orange Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Weller Pottery Company (1872-1948) Weller Pottery Company Early Lines Words and Phrases Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |