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Spider vase
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Vase
Spider vase
Decorated by: Maria Longworth Nichols (American, 1849–1932)
Rookwood Pottery Company (active 1880–1967)
Rookwood Pottery Company (active 1880–1967)
1881
Object Place: Cincinnati, Ohio
Medium/Technique
Wheel-thrown earthenware with underglaze decoration and gilding over the glaze
Dimensions
Overall: 41.9 x 20.3 cm (16 1/2 x 8in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barrie A. and Deedee Wigmore
Accession Number2020.386
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionLarge bulbous vase with spider web and other Japanesque designs decorated on exterior
Marks
On Bottom of Vase: Rookwood/Pottery/Cin-O/1881/M.L.N.
ProvenanceBy 2010, sold by Andrew Van Styn (dealer), Baltimore, MD to Deedee and Barrie A. Wigmore, New York [see note]; 2020, gift of the Wigmores to the MFA. (Accession date: December 16, 2020)
NOTE: First lent by Deedee and Barrie Wigmore to the MFA in 2010.
NOTE: First lent by Deedee and Barrie Wigmore to the MFA in 2010.