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Bowl

ca. 1897
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
The Ceramic Art Company, founded by Walter Scott Lenox and Jonathan Coxon Sr. in 1889, manufactured porcelain wares, skillfully decorated by amateur decoration and sold enamel colors. To advertise their wares, the firm contributed eggshell-thin Belleek porcelain blanks as prizes for an amateur china-decorating contest held in Cincinnati in 1896. In 1897 the firm inaugurated the National China Painters' Bowl Competition in New York City. Amateurs decorated the same shallow circular bowl, such as the one seen here, and their work was on exhibition for three days at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. This example, one of three known, is painted with classical scrolling acanthus and rams' heads enriched with gilding.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Bowl
  • Maker:
    Ceramic Art Company, Trenton, New Jersey (American, 1889–1896)
  • Date:
    ca. 1897
  • Geography:
    Made in Trenton, New Jersey, United States
  • Culture:
    American
  • Medium:
    Porcelain, overglaze enamel decoration
  • Dimensions:
    H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diam. 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)
  • Credit Line:
    Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1987
  • Object Number:
    1987.26
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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