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Object Details
- Description
- Early Pewabic jar: tall, ovoid.
- Clay: dense.
- Glaze: gray with an overflow of mingled blue and green; slight iridescence.
- 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. 2605, 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
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
- Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)
- 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)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- ca. 1918
- Accession Number
- F1918.163
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Glazed earthenware
- Dimensions
- H x W: 62.4 x 31.2 cm (24 9/16 x 12 5/16 in)
- Style
- Pewabic ware
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- On View
- Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
- 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
- earthenware
- glazed
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1918.163
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b88e9d1b-6d4f-48c8-8ce3-77cfb228db65
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