Vase with gold ground

Manufacturer Lenox Incorporated (American)

Manufacturer Ceramic Art Company (American)

Artist Sigmund Wirkner

Date1897-1906

Geographic OriginTrenton, New Jersey | United States of America

MediumSlip-cast porcelain with clear glaze, gold paste and enamel

DimensionsOverall: H 8 1/2 x Diam 4 1/4 in. (H 21.6 x Diam 10.8 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 2006 Anonymous Fund

Object number2006.11.5

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Object NameVase

Title Details

Label Caption Title Vase with gold ground

Label Caption Title Gold-ground vase with elaborate jeweled enameling

Inscriptionspainted on bottom "24" in gold; "No. 32 / CELLA" in redMarks and Labels/StampsSigned at right of center "S.Wirkner"; printed green CAC LENOX mark with wreath on bottom; gold plastic embossed label "137" on bottomProvenancePurchased at Christie's, April 2006 sale of Brown-Forman material from Lenox Archives, lot 316; $2880 for TWO vasesExhibition History"Hot, Hotter, Hottest: 300 Years of New Jersey Ceramics", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (October 21, 2016 - March 14,2020).
"The Lenox Legacy:America's Greatest Porcelain, 1889-2005", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (August 2008 - September 2011)

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