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American Art Pottery

The first quarter of the twentieth century saw the rise of a number of art potteries in the United States, a facet of the international Arts and Crafts Movement. Founded in Detroit in 1907 by Mary Chase Stratton (later Perry) and Horace James Calkins, the Pewabic Pottery concentrated on hand-built vessels whose shapes were largely derived from traditional Asian ceramics; these refined forms were combined with a rich variety of iridescent glazes that became the Pottery’s hallmark. Most of the works in the Museum’s collection come from Margaret Watson Parker, for whom they were personally selected for their quality and beauty by Mary Chase Stratton.

Ann Arbor-based Markham Pottery was founded by Herman C. Markham, who, in the mid-1880s, began working with the clay in his yard to create utilitarian vases with an understated beauty. By 1905, Markham was joined in the enterprise by his son Kenneth. Their pottery consisted of a low-fired ceramic body based on classical forms decorated with a distinctive webbing of low relief clay that is part of the mold. Usually fired with matte glazes in earthen colors and stains, the delicacy of Markham ware made their products quite popular.

Rookwood Pottery is one of the oldest fine art potteries in the United States. It was founded in 1880—at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement—in Cincinnati, Ohio by Maria Longworth Nichols, and soon became America’s foremost art pottery. Rookwood was the first pottery to hire a chemist to develop its distinctive glazes, and also employed professional artists, among them several Japanese craftsmen. Although Rookwood Pottery won its reputation for its early hand-painted pottery, many of its later vessels were production wares made for a broad audience; by the 1920s nearly every local bride had a piece of Rookwood pottery among her wedding gifts.

Large vessel with angled shoulder, large neck and mouth and rounded lip with iridescent glaze in dark rose and brown colors
Pewabic Pottery
Large Vase
stoneware with lavender iridescent glaze
11 1/8 x 10 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (28.2 x 25.5 x 25.5 cm);x 31 7/16 in. x 79.7 cm;11 1/8 x 10 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (28.2 x 25.5 x 25.5 cm)
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
Teardrop-shaped ceramic vessel with foot, long tapering neck and flared lip covered with a mottled white matt glaze
Pewabic Pottery
Vase
stoneware with white matt glaze
12 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (32 x 13 x 13 cm);13 5/16 x 6 3/16 in. (33.8 x 15.6 cm);12 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (32 x 13 x 13 cm);x 16 in. x 40.6 cm
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
Inverted cone-shaped bowl with flat rim and iridescent green glaze
Pewabic Pottery
Bowl
stoneware with iridescent glaze
3 7/8 x 8 9/16 in. (9.7 x 21.7 cm);5 1/4 x 10 5/16 in. (13.2 x 26.1 cm)
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
Ceramic vessel with long narrow neck and no foot, lip or rim covered in an iridescent green glaze that covers most of vessel with exposed white-ish clay body at the bottom
Mary Chase Stratton; Pewabic Pottery
Vase
stoneware
21 5/16 x 8 5/16 in. (54 x 21 cm);21 11/16 x 8 5/16 x 8 5/16 in. (55 x 21 x 21 cm);x 26 9/16 in. x 67.4 cm
Gift of Miss Ann Cook
Round-bodied vessel with small lip and wide mouth covered in an iridescent glaze over a semi-matte glaze that creates an appearance of irregular patches of color in browns and olive greens
Pewabic Pottery
Vase
stoneware with iridescent glaze
4 3/16 x 5 11/16 x 5 11/16 in. (10.6 x 14.4 x 14.4 cm);6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (15.8 x 18.4 cm);4 3/16 x 5 11/16 x 5 11/16 in. (10.6 x 14.4 x 14.4 cm)
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
Ceramic vessel with round body wide mouth and slightly flared lip covered in a bright blue-gold iridescent glaze
Pewabic Pottery
Vase
stoneware with bright blue-gold iridescent glaze
3 15/16 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (10 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm);x 3 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. x 8.7 x 8.7 cm;x 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in. x 6.5 x 6.5 cm;5 1/4 x 6 5/16 in. (13.2 x 16 cm);3 15/16 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (10 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm)
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
Square ceramic tile with copper and turquoise iridescent glaze
Pewabic Pottery
Tile
stoneware with copper and turquoise glaze
3 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 11/16 in. (9.8 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm);3 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 11/16 in. (9.8 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm)
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
Cylindrical ceramic vessel with large flared rim covered in iridescent glaze over a semi-matte glaze that creates an appearance of irregular patches of color with an overall dark rose appearance.
Pewabic Pottery
Vase
stoneware with iridescent glaze
10 x 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (25.4 x 20.6 x 20.6 cm);10 1/16 x 9 1/4 in. (25.5 x 23.4 cm);10 x 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (25.4 x 20.6 x 20.6 cm)
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
Cup-shaped vessel with foot covered with a semi-matte creating a mottled effect in muddy shades of rose and green
Pewabic Pottery
Vase
stoneware with dull rose matt glaze
6 x 5 3/4 in. (15.2 x 14.6 cm);7 1/4 x 7 3/16 in. (18.3 x 18.1 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

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<p>Celadon Wares in Asia</p>

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<p>The Head in African Art</p>

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<p>Selections from the Helmut Stern Collection</p>

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<p>Selections from the Helmut Stern Collection</p>

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<p>African Masks and Masquerades</p>

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<p>Modern Sculpture</p>

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9 Collection Object Sources

Large Vase (1972/2.194)
Vase (1972/2.178)
Bowl (1972/2.165)
Vase (1983/1.151)
Vase (1972/2.183)
Vase (1972/2.169)
Tile (1973/2.58)
Vase (1972/2.175)
Vase (1955/1.146)

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