id: 153226 accession number: 1986.197 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.197 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:30.583000 Tea Strainer, c. 1910. Horace Potter (1873–1948), and Potter Studios (American). Silver; overall: 12.9 x 1.9 x 8.8 cm (5 1/16 x 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1986.197 title: Tea Strainer title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1910 creation date earliest: 1905 creation date latest: 1915 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland technique: silver department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Silver find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Horace Potter (1873–1948) - probably designed and made by Horace Potter was among the most successful metalsmiths working in Cleveland in the early 20th century. A Cleveland native, Potter graduated from the Cleveland School of Art and subsequently earned an M.A. from the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts, specializing in silversmithing. Potter returned to Cleveland in 1899 and opened a design studio, working with assistants in a variety of media from silver to stained glass. He supplemented his income by teaching design part-time at the Cleveland School of Art. In 1907 he left for England to study at the Guild of Handicraft in Chipping-Camden, an international center of design in the arts and crafts tradition. He also learned enameling there. After an extended tour through Europe, he returned to Cleveland in 1909 and established the Potter Studio, where key figures in Cleveland’s decorative arts community congregated, including R. Guy Cowan and Louis Rorimer. After 1910 Potter attained professional acclaim and received medals for works exhibited in San Francisco, Chicago, and Cleveland. In 1933 he merged his studio into a new business venture with Louis Mellen to create Potter-Mellen, Inc., a successful enameling and silversmith firm that produced a variety of objects, from jewelry to large liturgical items for religious institutions. Potter remained active in Cleveland until his death.
Transformations in Cleveland Art. (CMA, 1996), p. 234 * Potter Studios (American) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 12.9 x 1.9 x 8.8 cm (5 1/16 x 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review for 1986 opening date: 1987-02-04T05:00:00 Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987). title: Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946 opening date: 1996-05-19T04:00:00 Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-July 21, 1996). title: Bringing Modernism Home: Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960 opening date: 2005-01-28T00:00:00 Bringing Modernism Home: Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (January 28-April 17, 2005). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, May 19 - July 21, 1996 "Transformations in Cleveland Art 1796-1946", p. 170, fig. 179, p. 249.
Columbus Museum of Art (1/28/2005 - 4/17/2005): "Bringing Modernism Home, Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960", ex. cat. no. 11, p. 36. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. page number: mentioned & reproduced P 122 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=29477961 Robinson, William H., et. al. Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946: Community and Diversity in Early Modern America. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: mentioned & reproduced PP 170-1 url: Maciejunes, Nannette V. and Michael D. Hall. The Paintings of Charles Burchfield: North by Midwest. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1997. page number: mentioned & reproduced P 64 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=35223040 Boram-Hays, Carol Sue. Bringing Modernism Home: Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2005. page number: mentioned P 36, cat. no. 11 url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=56599772 --- IMAGES