Fern pot

Manufacturer Ceramic Art Company (American)

Designer Kate Sears

Maker Kate Sears

Dateca. 1892

Geographic OriginTrenton, New Jersey | United States of America

MediumSlip-cast and carved belleek porcelain

DimensionsOverall: H 7 x W 9 in. (H 17.8 x W 22.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Emma and Jay Lewis, 2011

Object number2011.12.5

On View

Not on view

Object NameBowl

Title Details

Descriptive Title Fern pot

Remarks ASH 3/4/2024: Previously this object had been cataloged with a descriptive title of Rose Bowl. I changed it to Fern Pot, based on the 2023 Brian Gallagher/Mint Museum exhibition catalog Walter Scott Lenox and American Belleek and the Christie's catalog for a similar vase https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4694225. Fern pots were popular objects in the 1890s as decorating with ferns and palms was popular at the time.

Marks and Labels/Stampsunmarked; gold "Dymo" tape with #3 on it-from Lenox Archives (as per archival pieces in NM collection already). Also stickers from Christie's auction house in NYC.ProvenanceLenox archives; auctioned at Christie's; bought by Emma and Jay LewisExhibition History"Walter Scott Lenox and American Belleek", Mint Museum of Art, 9/23/2023- 1/21/2024"
"Hot, Hotter, Hottest: 300 Years of New Jersey Ceramics", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (October 21, 2016 - March 14,2020).

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