Pewabic Jar
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Object Details
- Description
- American, 20th century, Early Pewabic
- Bottle
- Clay: dense
- Glaze: mottled olive-green and brownish-red, with golden iridescence.
- H: 7.0 cm W: 10.4 cm
- (2-3/4" x 4-1/8")
- Provenance
- From 1917 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, in 1917 [1]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See American Pottery List, R. 6536, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] 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)
- 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. 1917
- Accession Number
- F1917.436
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Clay with iridescent glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 7 x 10.4 cm (2 3/4 x 4 1/8 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_F1917.436
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34158433f-0fed-4700-9e74-e46ad3d7ca87
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