Object Number 2002.0041

Object Name

Flower container (Vase)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Margaret Hukill Prince

Creator (Role)

United States Pottery Company (Possible maker)

Bennington Factory (Possible maker)

Place of Origin

Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, New England, United States, North America

Date

1850-1858

Subjects

Grapevine

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste, biscuit or parian); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Hand modeled

Dimensions (inches)

9.055 (H) , 4.331 (W) , 3.898 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23 (H) , 11 (W) , 9.9 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH at rim, OW and OD of widest part of body.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Bennet, Richard Carter. 1958 Bennington Pottery and Porcelain.
• Very similar model vase with colored details: pp. 158-59, pl. 231 (blue and gold detailing), 1850-58; p. 216, pl. 291 (blue and white detailing), 1850-58
[Article] Federhen, Deborah A. & Denker, Ellen Paul. The Bennington Parian Project. Antiques and the Arts Weekly. http://antiquesandthearts.com/archive/parian.htm.
• Discusses the possible over-attribution of parian objects by Bennet.
[Book] Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 1989 American Porcelain 1720-1920.
• General description of the Fenton Pottery and the United States Pottery Company, pp. 30-31. Object entries from Bennington potteries, cat. no.'s 38-44, pp. 136-147.