Vase
Decorative Arts and Design
John Bennett was not only a leading ceramicist in the Aesthetic Movement style but a social reformer as well. With the support of his employer Henry Doulton, he established the Faience Department within Doulton Pottery to teach women china painting. This allowed women to gain a degree of economic independence in an era when they could not vote or readily own property.
The decoration on Bennett’s English pottery is tightly rendered. In the New York piece seen here his style became freer and impressionistic in response to the seemingly endless possibilities of the New World.
MEDIUM
Earthenware
DATES
ca. 1880
DIMENSIONS
Height: 10 1/16 in. - diameter: 6 15/16 in.
(show scale)
MARKINGS
hand-painted under glaze: "JBennett / 412 E 24 / N.Y." on bottom of vase.
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
1990.159.1
CREDIT LINE
Purchased with funds given by Emma and Jay Lewis and H. Randolph Lever Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Vase, glazed white-bodied earthenware. Squat baluster shape with elongated neck and flared rim. Mottled blue ground with dark olive green leaves and dark pink and white cherry blossoms in asymmetrical pattern on lower 2/3 of vase. Interior mottled blue/green color.
CONDITION- Small firing flaw to neck and bulbous curve of body.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
John Bennett (English, 1840–1907, active United States 1878–1883). Vase, ca. 1880. Earthenware, Height: 10 1/16 in. - diameter: 6 15/16 in. Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Emma and Jay Lewis and H. Randolph Lever Fund, 1990.159.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.159.1_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 1990.159.1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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