Collection Highlights
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
1911.38
Medium:
Silver
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Luce Center
Jar
Object Number:
1927.54
Date:
1800-1838
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt and manganese oxides
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 11 1/2 in. ( 38.1 x 29.2 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled jar decorated with incised and cobalt blue painted bird and flower, a stamped flower with seventeen petals beneath each handle and manganese rings at each handle juncture.
Gallery Label:
This jar incorporates a variety of decorating techniques used by early stoneware potters: incising images into the clay, stamping designs with a pre-cut stamp, and painting free-hand or filling in designs with cobalt (blue) and manganese (brown) oxides.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
