Vase with narcissus
Rookwood Pottery Company|Anna Marie Valentien
1905 · Earthenware · The American Wing
It was in Cincinnati at the Rookwood Pottery that the drive toward more organic, plant-based forms found fruition. Whether it was a result of the general Zeitgeist of 1900 or more specific influences from Europe, some Rookwood artists gradually freed their designs from the constraints of wheel-based forms and painted decoration. It was in Cincinnati at the Rookwood Pottery that the drive toward more organic, plant-based forms found fruition. While most of the painted floral decoration tended to a more naturalistic mode, Anna Marie Valentien responded in this vase with a design of narcissi and stems that reflect the influence of turn-of-the-century European design. This vase, marked with an incised V, was sheathed in a new type of glaze developed at Rookwood that they called their “Vellum” line, noted for its soft, matte surface.
- Artist
- Rookwood Pottery Company|Anna Marie Valentien
- Date
- 1905
- Medium
- Earthenware
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Martin Eidelberg, 2020
