id:			151893
accession number:	1984.185
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.185
updated:		2025-03-26 11:11:55.451000

Vase, 1888. Rookwood Pottery Company (American, established 1880), Artus Van Briggle (American, 1869–1904). Stoneware; diameter: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); overall: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Hattie M. Horvitz from her sons Harry, Leonard, and Bill, 1984.185

title:				Vase
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creation date:			1888
creation date earliest:		1888
creation date latest:		1888
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creditline:			In memory of Hattie M. Horvitz from her sons Harry, Leonard, and Bill
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culture:	America
technique:	stoneware
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Rookwood Pottery Company (American, established 1880)  - made at
one of the most important factories for art pottery in the USA, founded in Cincinnati in 1880 by Mrs. Maria Nichols (later Mrs. Storer) with financial support from her father, Joseph Longworth, a rich patron of the arts. Named after their family home.
* Artus Van Briggle (American, 1869–1904)  - artist
American art potter, born in Felicity, Ohio, trained as a painter at the Academy of Art in Cincinnati, where he was employed by the Rookwood Pottery. In 1893 he was given a scholarship to study painting in Paris, where he spent three years. Back in Cincinnati he resumed work as a painter of underglaze decorations at the Rookwood pottery but also began to experiment with matt glazes. Suffering from tuberculosis he left in 1899 and settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Here, during the few years left to him, he made a remarkable number of vases, distinctly Art Nouveau in form and decoration, covered with matt glazes of subtle texture and delicately subdued color. Many models were cast and repeated. After his death the pottery was carried on by his widow, who moved into a larger factory in 1907 but sold it in 1912.
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measurements: Diameter: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); Overall: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1984
	opening date:   1985-04-03T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1984</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hawley, Henry. “Two Rookwood Vases.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 7 (November 1985): 378–387.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 378-383, figs. 1, 3, 5, and 8
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159919

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