DepartmentHistoric House

Vase

Maker Ruskin Pottery (active 1898 - 1935)

Designer William Howson Taylor (1876 - 1935)

Date1916

Mediumwhite Earthenware, red-orange lustre glaze

DimensionsHeight:12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) Circumference: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm) Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Barbara B. Millhouse

CopyrightPublic Domain

Object number2011.2.1

DescriptionThis round vase with prominent shoulder and tall neck tapers toward the base where its foot flares sharply outward. It is covered overall with a brilliant red-orange lustre glaze developed by William Howson Taylor (1876-1935). Together with his father, artist and educator Edward Richard Taylor (1835-1911), W.H. Taylor established the Ruskin Pottery in 1904. This lustre glaze was one of many developed by W.H. Taylor for use on Ruskin Pottery forms that were designed by him. The pottery produced was notable for Taylor's innovative glazes and won many awards at international exhibitions.
ProvenanceFrom early 1960s to 2011
Barbara B. Millhouse, Winston-Salem, NC and New York, NY, acquired from Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) in the early 1960s [1]

From 2011
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, given by Barbara B. Millhouse on June 9, 2011 [2]

Notes:
[1] Email from Barbara B. Millhouse, March 28, 2012. At the time her parents moved out of the house, before donating the estate to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, they allowed her to take some items.
[2] Accession Record, Board Minutes, and Deed of Gift, object file.

Status

On view