Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
ca. 1837
1953.197
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Vase
Object name
Vase
Date
1876-1883
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 6 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 16.2 x 10.8 cm )
Description
Molded white or ivory bodied vase with cylindrical opening on rounded shoulders of tapering form; hand-painted underglaze decoration with white blossoms, pink buds, and green leaves, lined in black on yellow ground with green rim and foot under transparent glaze.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Clifford R. Dumble
Object Number
1943.423
Marks
painted: in green on base: "J BENNETT/NEW YORK,/R 183"
Gallery Label
John Bennett emigrated from England where he was director of the faience department of the Lambeth pottery of Messrs. Doulton & Co. He came to New York in 1876 and soon built a kiln on Lexington Avenue and later others on East 24th Street. Edwin Atlee Barber credits Bennett with introducing his faience decorating method to the U.S. (See Barber, Pottery and Porcelain of the U.S., pp. 305-306).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
