Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Vase with decoration of irises and "Black Iris" glaze
Vase with decoration of irises and "Black Iris" glaze

Vase with decoration of irises and "Black Iris" glaze

Manufacturer (1880 - 1967)
Maker
Date1909
Geographic OriginCincinnati, Ohio | United States of America
MediumThrown whiteware with slip decoration and clear glaze
DimensionsOverall: H 13 3/4 x Diam 5 1/2 in. (H 34.9 x Diam 14 cm)
Credit LinePurchase 1914
Object number14.446
On View
Not on view
Object NameVase
Title Details
Primary Title Vase with decoration of irises and "Black Iris" glaze
Marks and Labels/Stampspottery mark for 1909 (impressed RP(script) cipher with flames and roman numeral IX(script)); W (white clay); shape number 907C; Schmidt's cipher of interlicked CS(script); red and white rectangular paper Rookwood label with RP(script) and price $100.ProvenancePurchased by the Museum in 1914 from Fredrick Keer's Sons, 917 Broad Street, Newark.Exhibition History"When Objects Become Art"; Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (February 21, 2017 - April 20, 2019).
"Ahead of the Curve: The Newark Museum 1909-2015", Winter Antique Show, New York, New York. (January 23 - February 1, 2015).
"100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery, 1880-1930", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 23, 2009 - January 10, 2010).
"The Newark Museum Collection of American Art Pottery" (1984).
"Ode to Nature; Flowers and Landscape by the Rookwood Pottery", Jordan Volpe Gallery, New Yor, New York (1980).
"The Forgotten Hand: China Painting in America," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (Febraury 7 - July 30, 2000)
Display of Rookwood pottery borrowed from Frederick Keer's Sons, The Newark Museum, 1912.

Our online collection is a work in progress. It reflects only a portion of the entire collection and the ongoing work conducted over the course of our 115-year history. The objects presented may contain offensive racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery, and their records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas and analyses. We are actively working to address these issues, and we welcome your feedback as we strive to improve our data and our practices. Please email us at registrar@newarkmuseumart.org if you have comments or information to share.

Learn how to request object images here.