Vase

Arts of the Americas

1899–1909

Grueby Pottery Company (American, 1894–1909)
Boston, Massachusetts

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Grueby Pottery Co. (Manufacturer)
Title: Vase
Place: Boston (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. 1899–1909
Medium: Earthenware and glaze
Inscriptions: Impresed bottom, stamped, in circle around center: "GRUEBY POTTERY / BOSTON U.S.A." [with lotus flower company logo in center]; incised "LRx" or "ERx" [letters joined].
Dimensions: 23 × 11.4 cm (9 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Herman A. Strauss and James R. Heller
Reference Number: 1981.297

Milo M. Naeve, “Twentieth-Century Craft: A Compass for Research.” In A Neglected History: 20th-Century American Craft, conference papers and proceedings (New York: American Craft Museum, 1990), 45-59, fig. 9 (ill.).

Albert Heller (1870–1957) and Helen Rudolph Heller (1885–1980, also Mrs. Albert A. Heller), Chicago; given to their children, Jean Heller Strauss (1914–2012; also Mrs. Herman A. Strauss), Chicago, and James R. Heller (1914–1995), Bedford Park, IL, from 1980 [incoming receipt RX13272, Dec. 17, 1981; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1981.

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