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Vase

• Manufacturer: Cowan Pottery
• Designer: R.O. Hummel
• Medium: Earthenware, lead-glaze
• Place Manufactured: Rocky River, Ohio, USA
• Dates: ca. 1930
• Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (20 x 18.1 x 18.1 cm)
• Markings: Impressed on underside: "ROH / 1930 / [Cowan mark]" In light green paint on underside: "H 21 / [very faint lettering, could be 5.00] / $15.00" In pencil on underside of footrim: "H 21"
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no inscriptions
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
• Accession Number: 72.40.25
• Credit Line: H. Randolph Lever Fund
• Image: Overall, 72.40.25_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Cowan Pottery. Vase, ca. 1930. Earthenware, lead-glaze, 7 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (20 x 18.1 x 18.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 72.40.25 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 72.40.25_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Earthenware, lead-glaze. Footed ovoid-shaped vase with slightly flaring lip. The exterior glaze is gray-black with semi-matte finish with white sgraffito decoration of intersecting circles and curving lines. The interior is glazed in gray with brown undertones. The underside of the vase is iron red pottery with circular tooling marks. CONDITION: Good, a few glaze imperfections.