Flower container (Vase)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    United States Pottery Company (Possible maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1850-1860

  • Materials:

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

  • Techniques:

    Molded

  • Museum Object Number:

    1981.0084.002


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1981.0084.002

Object Name

Flower container (Vase)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Richard David Mazeleski

Creator (Role)

United States Pottery Company (Possible maker)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1850-1860

Materials

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

Techniques

Molded

Dimensions (inches)

5.472 (H) , 3.15 (W) , 2.283 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.9 (H) , 8 (W) , 5.8 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH at rim, OD and OW of body.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Bennet, Richard Carter. 1958 Bennington Pottery and Porcelain.
Similar vases illustrated in plates 230 and 231, pp. 158 and 159.
[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.