Plaque

1879

John Bennett (American, born England, 1840–1907)

English ceramist John Bennett created the distinct style of this floral plaque by painting the design in tinted slip, or liquid clay and then finishing it with a clear glaze. Bennett first developed this technique while working at the London pottery firm Doulton and Company, but after exhibiting “Bennett ware” to great acclaim at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, the artist to relocated to New York. This plaque, produced shortly after he arrived in the United States, reveals his ongoing indebtedness to British Aesthetic Movement design, which looked to nature and often involved dense, all-over floral and foliage motifs.

Status: On View, Gallery 273
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: John Bennett
Title: Plaque
Place: New York City (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1879
Medium: Earthenware, glaze, slip, and enamel
Inscriptions: Signed and dated bottom: "JBennett [J and B conjoined] / 412 East 24th Street, New York / 1879".
Dimensions: H.: 46.7 cm (18 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection, an anonymous donor, Bessie Bennett, Mrs. William Blood, Emily Crane Chadbourne, Milton Straus, Elizabeth R. Vaughan, Behrend/Sanford Auction and Thorne Rooms Exhibition funds
Reference Number: 1998.317
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Ellen E. Roberts, “Plaque,” in “Objects of Desire: Victorian Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” special issue, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 31, 1 (2005) 81-82, cat. 14 (ill.).

With Anthony A. P. Stuempfig, Nineteenth Century American Masterpieces, Philadelphia, by June 17, 1998 [incoming receipt, RX22022, June 17, 1998; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.

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