Vase

c. 1905

Designed by Fritz Albert (American, born Alsace-Lorraine, 1865–1940)
Gates Potteries, a division of the American Terra Cotta Tiles Works (American, 1887–c. 1930)
Terra Cotta, Illinois

Status: On View, Gallery 178
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Fritz Albert (Designer)
Title: Vase
Place: Terra Cotta (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.: c. 1905
Medium: Earthenware and glaze
Inscriptions: On bottom: TECO [twice] / 310
Dimensions: 45.7 × 15.9 × 15.9 cm (18 × 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Promised gift of Crab Tree Farm Foundation
Reference Number: 557.2005

Brandon K. Ruud, “Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago,” Museum Studies 35, 2 (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009): 16-17 (ill.).
Judith A. Barter, ed., Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 163–64, 199, cat. 154, fig. 12 (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago,/a>, Nov. 7, 2009–Jan. 31, 2010, cat. 154.

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