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Gile Teapot

A work made of earthenware.

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  • A work made of earthenware.

Date:

1974

Artist:

Peter Shire
American, born 1947
Los Angeles

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Peter Shire (Maker)

Title

Gile Teapot

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1974

Medium

Earthenware

Inscriptions

signed on handle underglaze in capital letters "SHIRE 1-15-74".

Dimensions

21.7 × 30.5 × 17.8 cm (8 1/2 × 12 × 7 in.)

Credit Line

Raymond W. Garbe Fund in honor of Carl A. Erikson

Reference Number

1988.195.1a-b

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