Compote

Arts of the Americas

1926–28

Cowan Pottery (American, 1920–1931)
Rocky River, Ohio

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Cowan Pottery (Maker)
Title: Compote
Place: Rocky River (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. 1926–1928
Medium: Earthenware and glaze
Inscriptions: Impressed bottom, interior of foot, stamped: "COWAN" [at top of circular motif, above "RG" joined, Cowan Pottery Mark #8]; "COWAN" [inset in rectangle].
Dimensions: 7.9 × 32.1 × 23.8 cm (3 1/8 × 12 5/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Jerome and Irene Schultz in honor of Gordon Anderson
Reference Number: 1989.497

Jerome Schultz (1916-2005) and Irene Schultz (1927-2002; born Goldstein, also Mrs. Jerome Schultz), Lake Bluff, IL, by Oct. 17, 1989 [incoming receipt, RX18045, Oct. 17, 1989; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1989.

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