Vase
date: label: Date
content: 1898
name: label: Decorator
content: Kataro Shirayamadani, Japanese, 1865–1948
label: Designer
content: Joseph Bailey Sr., American, d. 1898
label: Manufacturer
content: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: White earthenware, thrown. Narrow base, gradually expanding until the shoulder, sharply narrowing at the neck, turned out rim; no foot. Decorated with a stylized pond scene with lily pads. Against a reddish-brown ground, water grasses extend upward from the bottom, dark green lily pads are irregularly positioned upon the body with yellow water lilies in various stages of bloom at the shoulder. Starting from the rim, and draping downward are three stalactite-like areas of electro-deposited copper with a green patina. Exterior: underglaze, glaze; fine crackling. Interior and bottom: glaze.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1984-84-5
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: vase
label: Type
content: vase
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: earthenware, copper
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 31.3 x 15.9 cm (12 5/16 x 6 1/4 in.)