vase, Irene Bishop; Rookwood Pottery

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Irene Bishop; Rookwood Pottery, vase
Irene Bishop; Rookwood Pottery, vase
Irene Bishop; Rookwood Pottery
vase
1907
vase, 1907
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: earthenware; glaze
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 219 x 65 x 65 mm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 8 5/8 x 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in
Credit line: Gift of William A. Stout
Accession number: 1991.0186
On display: Loo Gallery
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Exhibition Label: "Quilts: A Thread of Modernism," Aug-2005, Debra Thimmesch and Barbara Brackman Maria Longworth Nichols founded Rookwood Pottery in 1880. American art pottery, still in its infancy, flourished at the turn-of-the-century due to enterprises like Rookwood, Gates Potteries, Grueby Faience Company, Van Briggle Pottery, and numerous others. At Rookwood, designers absorbed contemporary stylistic trends such as Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco and in turn produced art pottery until the late 1940s. Archive Label 2001: Vases such as this one from the important Rookwood Pottery Company (1880-1967) in Cincinnati, Ohio, well represent the intersection of art and commerce. Rookwood employed over a hundred decorators, many of them women, and it was highly successful at selling its surface-decorated wares. Decorated by Irene Bishop, this piece from their Iris glaze line displays that line's characteristic shading of color from dark to light and high-gloss surface.