Vase
Decorative Arts and Design
Charles Graham Works is best known for its industrial stoneware ceramics such as the giant spigot seen here. In the mid-1880s, in order to diversify the output and gain a share of the domestic consumer market, Graham patented a resist process to decorate vases made of the same stoneware with Japanese-inspired motifs then in vogue.
MEDIUM
Glazed stoneware
DATES
Patented April 7, 1885
MARKINGS
On exterior, impressed below lip on opposing sides, within rectangular shape with canted corners: "CHAS. GRAHAM/PAT APRIL 7TH/1885"
ACCESSION NUMBER
2007.22
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Jay and Emma Lewis
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Brown pyriform vase with concave neck and slightly flared rim. Over-all white etched decoration in the Japanese taste depicting a naturalistic scene with bird, moth, vines, flowers, and spider web. Shoulder articulated with two thin bands of small impressed dots.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Charles Graham (American, 1854–1907). Vase, Patented April 7, 1885. Glazed stoneware, 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (19.1 x 14.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jay and Emma Lewis, 2007.22. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2007.22.jpg)
IMAGE
overall,
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