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Metadata
Object ID |
2008.23.4ab |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Porzellanfabrik Marktredwitz, Jaeger & Co. (1898-1979) |
Title |
Hand-Decorated Cup and Saucer Featuring a Stylized Border and Roses |
Date |
1929 |
Decorator |
Lucy Kate Curran (1866-1940) |
Signature |
L Curran and Lucy K Curran |
Signature Location |
Partial signatures on the underside of both pieces |
Makers Marks |
Both pieces bear the underglaze manufacturer's mark "J & C" / "Ovid" / Bavaria and "L Curran" / "Xmas 1929" on the underside. |
Description |
This wonderful cup and saucer set was hand painted by Zanesville, Ohio painter Lucy Kate Curran (1866-1940), who was considered "a versatile painter, doing pictures, decorating chinaware, and teaching" according to the Zanesville Times Recorder. Referred to as an "amateur" porcelain painter, this artist 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 companies including Porzellanfabrik Marktredwitz, Jaeger & Co. (1898-1979) in Bavaria, women 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 |
Diameter (in) |
5.750 |
Culture |
German |
School |
Art Deco/American China Painting |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Elinor M. Tucker |
People |
Tucker, Elinor M. Curran, Lucy Kate |
Search Terms |
Amateur Women China Painters American Art Pottery American China Painting Art Deco Blue Cast Cups Decorative Cups Decorative Saucers Female Artists Flowers Hand Decorated High Gloss Late Victorian Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Pink Porcelain Blanks Porzellanfabrik Marktredwitz, Jaeger & Co. (1898-1979) Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Roses Saucers Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |
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