Medium:

Glazed clay

Dimensions:

H x Diam (overall): 9.8 x 15 cm (3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in)

Style:

Pewabic ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Date:

ca. 1918

Description:

Early Pewabic bowl.

Clay: dense.

Glaze: mingled violet-grey and faint green, highly iridescent, inside; lustrous black speckled with green, outside.

Provenance:

To 1918

Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, to 1918 [1]

From 1918 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pewabic Pottery in 1918 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See American Pottery List, L. 2607, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Pewabic Pottery (November 20, 1979 to March 5, 1981)

The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

Previous custodian or owner:

Pewabic Pottery (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1918.165

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f6f6490d-a5b6-492d-8703-37caf824c4af

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1918.165