Vase
Decorative Arts
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER
Cowan Pottery
DESIGNER
R.O. Hummel
MEDIUM
Earthenware, lead-glaze
DATES
ca. 1930
DIMENSIONS
7 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (20 x 18.1 x 18.1 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed on underside: "ROH / 1930 / [Cowan mark]"
In light green paint on underside: "H 21 / [very faint lettering, could be 5.00] / $15.00"
In pencil on underside of footrim: "H 21"
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts
ACCESSION NUMBER
72.40.25
CREDIT LINE
H. Randolph Lever Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Earthenware, lead-glaze. Footed ovoid-shaped vase with slightly flaring lip. The exterior glaze is gray-black with semi-matte finish with white sgraffito decoration of intersecting circles and curving lines. The interior is glazed in gray with brown undertones. The underside of the vase is iron red pottery with circular tooling marks.
CONDITION: Good, a few glaze imperfections.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Cowan Pottery. Vase, ca. 1930. Earthenware, lead-glaze, 7 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (20 x 18.1 x 18.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 72.40.25. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 72.40.25_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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