Presentation vase
This rare pillow-form vase exemplifies the bold, imaginative stoneware of Cornwall and Wallace Kirkpatrick of the Anna Pottery. The unusual form, defined by the animated eagle head and fish handles and raised on ball-and-claw feet, is both forward-looking and steeped in tradition at once. While the materials—cobalt-decorated salt-glazed stoneware—relate to the country’s utilitarian production, the design is quite inventive with its vigorous embellishment of allover incised decoration and highly sculptural elements. This vase and its almost-identical mate were made by Cornwall for his daughters Amy and Anna. On one side of the vase is an incised and modeled likeness of a young girl, presumably Amy. Further research may shed some light on the significance of the date inscribed on both: "Janr 1st 1886."
Artwork Details
- Title: Presentation vase
- Maker: Cornwall Kirkpatrick (1814–1890)
- Maker: Wallace Kirkpatrick (1828–1896)
- Manufacturer: Anna Pottery (1859–96)
- Date: 1886
- Geography: Made in Anna, Illinois, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Salt-glazed stoneware with cobalt decoration
- Dimensions: 8 1/2 × 12 3/4 × 6 in. (21.6 × 32.4 × 15.2 cm)
- Credit Line: Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2017
- Object Number: 2017.296
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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