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Van Briggle Pottery Company, Vase, 1902-1920
Vase
Van Briggle Pottery Company, Vase, 1902-1920
DepartmentAmerican Art

Vase

Designer (1869 - 1904)
Date1902-1920
Mediumbuff earthenware, glazed
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (17.1 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Barbara B. Millhouse
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number2019.3.5
DescriptionThe buff earthenware vase begins from a narrow base and flares outward as it rises to a prominent shoulder, from which is narrows sharply to its shallow neck. Poppy pods on long whip-lash stems are rendered in low-relief molding, and the whole is covered with a mauve matte glaze gradually changing to a purplish dove grey at the top.
ProvenanceFrom 1984
Barbara B. Millhouse (born 1934), Winston-Salem, NC and New York, NY, purchased from the Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York in 1984. [1]

NOTES:
[1] Loan paperwork, object file.
Exhibition History
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Status
On view