Lamp base

Manufacturer Volkmar Kilns

Maker Leon Volkmar (American, 1879 - 1959)

Maker Charles Volkmar (American, 1841 - 1914)

Dateca.1910

Geographic OriginMetuchen, New Jersey

MediumMolded stoneware

DimensionsOverall: H 5 1/4 x Diam 9 in. (H 13.3 x Diam 22.9 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1911

Object number11.508

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Object NameBase | Lamp

Title Details

Primary Title Lamp base

Marks and Labels/StampsIncised V and Volmar(script)ProvenancePurchased by the Museum in 1911from Volkmar Kilns in Metuchen, NJ for $6.40 (20% off 8.00).Exhibition History"100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery, 1880-1930", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 23, 2009 - January 10, 2010).
Modern American Pottery, Newark Museum, 1910. American Art Pottery, Delaware Art Museum, Delaware and Akron Art Institute, Ohio, 1978 . The Newark Museum Collection of American Art Pottery, 1984.

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