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Object Details
- Description
- American, 20th century, Early Pewabic
- Jar
- Clay: dense, thickly molded
- Glaze: mottled brown and greenish cream, with an are of pale green; iridescent
- Provenance
- To 1914
- Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, to 1914 [1]
- From 1914 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pewabic Pottery in 1914 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file. Present location of voucher unknown.
- [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
- Dewing’s Poetic World (November 27, 2019 to May 29, 2022)
- Pewabic Pottery (November 20, 1979 to March 5, 1981)
- American Paintings: Abbott Handerson Thayer 1849-1921 (December 11, 1976 to April 18, 1977)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Pewabic Pottery (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- ca. 1914
- Accession Number
- F1914.120
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Glazed clay
- Dimensions
- H x Diam (overall): 10.8 x 11 cm (4 1/4 x 4 5/16 in)
- Style
- Pewabic ware
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- iridescence
- ceramic
- Pewabic ware
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1914.120
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e741bef8-2151-4c6a-83ae-5ec94896d34a
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