Jar

Object Details

• Description

  American, 20th century, Early Pewabic

  Jar, miniature

  Clay: dense, fairly soft

  Glaze: mingled dull pink and cream color with brilliant iridescence.

  H: 4.7 cm W: 6.6 cm (1-27/32"; 2-5/8")

• Label

  Made from 1903 until 1965, the Pewabic pottery of Detroit was most noted for iridescent glazes. These colorful hues are created when metallic salts, such as copper oxides, are spread on the pottery before its last firing. Many well-known art-potters and glassmakers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries created iridescent glazes inspired by ceramic lusterwares from the Near East. The potters, then, shared some of the same sources of inspiration as artists like James McNeill Whistler, and Dwight Tryon.

• 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. 6538, 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)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Pewabic Pottery (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Detroit, Michigan, United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1910s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Pewabic Pottery

• Place

  Detroit, United States, Michigan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Iridescence, Ceramics, Pewabic ware

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)