Vase with Green Vellum glaze

Manufacturer Rookwood Pottery (1880 - 1967)

Maker Sara Sax (American, 1870 - 1949)

Date1911

Geographic OriginCincinnati, Ohio

MediumEarthenware

DimensionsOverall: H 8 x Diam 3 3/4 in. (H 20.3 x Diam 9.5 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1914

Object number14.448

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Object NameVase

Title Details

Descriptive Title Vase with Green Vellum glaze

Remarks ASH - changed title to include company name of glaze.

Marks and Labels/StampsPottery mark for 1911; G (ginger clay), shape number 939D(script); V (vellum); Sax cipher incised; paper Rookwood label with price $15.ProvenancePurchased by the Museum in 1914 from Fredrick Keer's Sons, 917 Broad Street, Newark, for $15Exhibition History"100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery, 1880-1930", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 23, 2009 - January 10, 2010).
"The Forgotten Hand: China Painting in America," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (February 7 - July 30, 2000)
Modern American Pottery, The Newark Museum, 1910.
The Arts and crafts movement in America 1876-1916, Rutgers U., New Brunswick, NJ, 1972.
Rookwood Pottery:The Glorious Gamble (traveling exhibit), venue 1: Cincinnati Art Museum, OH, 1992-93; venue 2: Nelson Atkin Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1993; venue 3: Sterline & Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, 1993. The Newark Museum Collection of American Art Pottery, 1984.

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