Vase with violets
Rookwood Pottery Company|John D. Wareham
1901 · 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. Here, the vase is wholly in relief with its decoration of African violets, the neck with an openwork design created by the tangled stems.
- Artist
- Rookwood Pottery Company|John D. Wareham
- Date
- 1901
- Medium
- Earthenware
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Martin Eidelberg, 2020
