Plate
The fish and iris design on this plate indicate the prevailing interest in Japanese prints during the early 1880s. Though unsigned, the plate's similarity in subject matter and painting style relate closely to signed work by Maria Longworth Nichols. This piece may have come from the first kiln of the Rookwood Pottery. For other examples of Rookwood Pottery see: 43.67, 45.147, 69.17, 69.37.1–.3, 1973.93, 1974.214.28, 1980.452, 1980.453, 1981.443, L.1984.132, and 1991.335.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate
- Decorator: Maria Longworth Nichols (American, 1849–1932)
- Manufacturer: Manufactured by Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
- Date: ca. 1880
- Geography: Made in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Painted and glazed earthenware
- Dimensions: Diam. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. John J. Weber Gift and Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1991
- Object Number: 1991.214
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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