Ceramist:

George E. Ohr, American, 1857–1918  Search this

Company:

Biloxi Art Pottery, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, 1882 - 1910  Search this

Medium:

Painted and glazed earthenware

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 10.8 x 15.55 cm (4 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

Type:

ceramics

Decorative Arts

Bowl

Made in:

Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

Date:

1893–1909

Description:

Buff-colored clay body, thrown. Free-formed body, variously crumpled and folded with slightly ruffled rim; low flat foot. Variegated rose and pink glaze with dark brown splotches covering exterior. Glaze has a certain white opaqueness with various burst bubbles on surface, thick at base. Interior is glazed a light yellow-green with mottled green specks. Kiln stilt marks on interior of bowl, near bottom.

Credit Line:

Gift of Marcia and William Goodman

Accession Number:

1984-84-34

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1984-84-34