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Vase, Green Mesa

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM Glazed earthenware
DATES 1940-1957
DIMENSIONS 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (24.1 x 21.0 x 14.6 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS On bottom, stenciled in blue: "Glidden/[company logo]" Above, in pencil: "4041/USA"
INSCRIPTIONS On base, applied white rectangular paper label: "875-"
ACCESSION NUMBER 2007.62.16
CREDIT LINE Gift of Paul F. Walter
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Vase with cylindrical base and horizontal ovoid upper body. Elongated diamond shaped opening at top articulated on the long sides with opposing pair of key-hole openings and on the short sides with opposing pair of smaller tear-drop openings. Turquoise and brown matte glaze with stripes on cylindrical base and asymmetrical geometric forms on ovoid upper portion.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION Glidden Pottery (1940-1957). Vase, Green Mesa, 1940-1957. Glazed earthenware, 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (24.1 x 21.0 x 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 2007.62.16. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2007.62.16_view1.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.2007.62.16_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2012
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Glidden Pottery (1940-1957). <em>Vase, Green Mesa</em>, 1940-1957. Glazed earthenware, 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (24.1 x 21.0 x 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 2007.62.16. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2007.62.16_view1.jpg)