Bib Faucet
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.
MANUFACTURER
Charles Graham Chemical Pottery Works, 1878–ca. 1913
MEDIUM
Glazed stoneware
DATES
late 19th century
DIMENSIONS
9 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (24.0 x 42.0 x 14.0 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed oval medallion on side of body: "CHAS. GRAHAM / CHEMICAL POTTERY WORKS / BROOKLYN, N. Y. "
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
1996.8
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Brown glazed stoneware spigot. A squat cylindrical body with three incised lines at top and bottom of body, with a wide down-curved spout opposed by a wide, threaded, horizontal lead tube. Rectangular handle above a short neck with two bands of molded beads.
CONDITION - Very good. Several firing flaws and small chips to threads.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Charles Graham Chemical Pottery Works (1878–ca. 1913). Bib Faucet, late 19th century. Glazed stoneware, 9 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (24.0 x 42.0 x 14.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis, 1996.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.8.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 1996.8.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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