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Iris vase
Decorated by: John Hamilton Delaney Wareham (American, 1871–1954, active 1893–1954)
Made by: Rookwood Pottery Company (active 1880–1967)
Made by: Rookwood Pottery Company (active 1880–1967)
1900
Object Place: Cincinnati, Ohio
Medium/Technique
Carved white-bodied clay with "Iris" glaze
Dimensions
Overall: 44.5 x 17.8 cm (17 1/2 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund and Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number2012.409
CollectionsAmericas
DescriptionThe vase of elongated ovoid form decorated with carved periwinkle and pink irises rising from pale green leaves and stems against a creamy white "iris glaze" background.
Signed
Original paper sales label from Marshall Field & Company (retailer)
Marks
Impressed into base:
Rookwood Pottery's mark:RP [P reversed]
Date code:
Shape number: "S1577B"
Rookwood Pottery's mark:RP [P reversed]
Date code:
Shape number: "S1577B"
InscriptionsIncised into the base: signature of "John D. Wareham"
Provenance1900 or after, retailed by Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Illinois; by 2012, owned by Lillian Nassau LLC (gallery) New York, New York; 2012, sold by Nassau to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2012)