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Vase
Accession # 72.40.25
Manufacturer Cowan Pottery
Designer R.O. Hummel
Title Vase
Date ca. 1930
Medium Earthenware
Dimensions 7 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (20 x 18.1 x 18.1 cm)
Marks 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"
Inscriptions no inscriptions
Signed no signature
Credit Line H. Randolph Lever Fund
Location Visible Storage: Case 17, Shelf F (Contemporary Design)
Description Vase, 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.