Vase with Iris glaze

Manufacturer Rookwood Pottery (1880 - 1967)

Maker Sara Sax (American, 1870 - 1949)

Date1905

Geographic OriginCincinnati, Ohio

MediumEarthenware

DimensionsOverall: H 13 3/4 x Diam 5 1/4 in. (H 34.9 x Diam 13.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Randolph, Jr., 2000

Object number2000.76.1

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Object NameVase

Title Details

Descriptive Title Vase with Iris glaze

Remarks ASH 7/18/22 removed decoration info and left company glaze name.

Inscriptionsimpressed shape number 907C, incised clay color W. (white), impressed artist's cypherMarks and Labels/StampsBottom, impressed: Rayed circle with "V"/"907C", "W.","SAX" cypherProvenanceBelonged to the donor's grandmother, Sarah Tod Bulkley, who lived in the same house in Ridgefield, CT, and at 600 Park Avenue, New York CityExhibition History"100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery, 1880-1930", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 23, 2009 - January 10, 2010).
"Craft in America: Expanding Traditions", Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas (April 13 - June 24, 2007); Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon (July 22 - September 23, 2007): Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California (October 20, 2007 - January 27, 2008): Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas (february 22 - May 4, 2008); Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (June 7 - September 14, 2008); National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (October 11, 2008 - January 18, 2009); Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts (February 21 - May 24, 2009).
"Great Pots: The Vessel as Art, 1900-2000; 20th Century Ceramics from The Newark Museum", The USB Art Gallery, New York, New York (March 9 - May 19, 2006)
"Great Pots: The Vessel as Art, 1900-2000; 20th Century Ceramics from The Newark Museum", The USB Art Gallery, New York, New York (March 9 - May 19, 2006)

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