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Exhibition
Gifts from the Fire: American Ceramics from the Collection of Martin Eidelberg
October 22, 2021–October 30, 2022
Previously on view at
The Met Fifth Avenue
in
Gallery 773
Free with Museum admission
All exhibitions
Overview
Exhibition Objects
Vase with cornstalks
Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
ca. 1904–05
Covered bowl with Boston ivy
Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
ca. 1904–09
Vase with arrowhead plants
Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
ca. 1904–09
Vase with Queen Anne's lace
Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
ca. 1904–09
Cream pitcher with water lilies
Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
ca. 1904–09
Bowl with flowering vine
Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
ca. 1904–9
Vase with pussy willow
Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
ca. 1904–9
Lorelei Vase
Designed by Artus Van Briggle (American, Felicity, Ohio 1869–1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Van Briggle Pottery Company (1901–present)
1902
Vase with mistletoe
Multiple artists/makers
1904
Vase
George E. Ohr (American, Biloxi, Mississippi 1857–1918 Biloxi, Mississippi)
ca. 1897–1900
Vase
George E. Ohr (American, Biloxi, Mississippi 1857–1918 Biloxi, Mississippi)
ca. 1897–1900
Pitcher
George E. Ohr (American, Biloxi, Mississippi 1857–1918 Biloxi, Mississippi)
1896
Vase
George E. Ohr (American, Biloxi, Mississippi 1857–1918 Biloxi, Mississippi)
ca. 1897–1900
Vase
George E. Ohr (American, Biloxi, Mississippi 1857–1918 Biloxi, Mississippi)
ca. 1898–1910
Vase with moths
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
1905
Vase
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
ca. 1910
Cup with beetles
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
1901
Covered jar
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
ca. 1905–15
Vase
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
1903
Vase with cicadas
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
ca. 1907–10
Tazza with elephants
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
ca. 1910
Vase
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
1905
Vase
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
1905
Vase
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
1905
Covered Vase
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
1919
Vase with water nymphs
Decorated by Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
Rosenthal (German, Selb, Germany, 1876–1920)
1899
Covered jar
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
Jar: ca. 1905–10; lid: 1912
Covered vase on stand with teasel
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
1912
Violet holder with moths
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
ca. 1905–6
Vase with dogwood blossoms
John Bennett (1840–1907)
1882
Vase with bleeding hearts
John Bennett (1840–1907)
ca. 1877–8
"Shelledge" dinner and luncheon plate with flowers
Designed by R. Guy Cowan (American, East Liverpool, Ohio 1884–1957 Tuscon, Arizona)
Onondaga Pottery Company (1871–1966)
ca. 1936–42
"Shelledge" lunch plate with fish and seaweed
Designed by R. Guy Cowan (American, East Liverpool, Ohio 1884–1957 Tuscon, Arizona)
Onondaga Pottery Company (1871–1966)
ca. 1936–42
Vase with Pre-Raphaelite woman
Multiple artists/makers
1902–3
Plaque with gazelles
Wilhelm Hunt Diederich (American (born Hungary), Szent-Grot 1884–1953 Tappan, New York)
ca. 1925–35
Plaque with stag and dog
Wilhelm Hunt Diederich (American (born Hungary), Szent-Grot 1884–1953 Tappan, New York)
ca. 1925–35
Water
Edris Eckhardt (1905–1998)
1930–40
Design for footed bowl
Parke Edwards (American, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1890–1973 Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
1913
Footed bowl
Parke Edwards (American, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1890–1973 Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
1913
Footed bowl
Parke Edwards (American, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1890–1973 Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
1913
Plaque with nudes and birds
Decorated by Thelma Frazer
Cowan Pottery (1920–1931)
1930
Equestrian clown
Waylande Gregory (American, Baxter Springs, Kansas 1905–1971 Warren Township, New Jersey)
ca. 1935–40
Maquette for Atoms fountain "Earth"
Waylande Gregory (American, Baxter Springs, Kansas 1905–1971 Warren Township, New Jersey)
ca. 1939
Polo Player plate
Waylande Gregory (American, Baxter Springs, Kansas 1905–1971 Warren Township, New Jersey)
ca. 1930–36
Polo Player plate
Waylande Gregory (American, Baxter Springs, Kansas 1905–1971 Warren Township, New Jersey)
ca. 1930–36
Polo Player plate
Waylande Gregory (American, Baxter Springs, Kansas 1905–1971 Warren Township, New Jersey)
ca. 1930–36
Plaque with Madonna and Child
Maija Grotell (American (born Finland), Helsinki 1899–1973 Pontiac, Michigan)
Henry Street Settlement
ca. 1928–38
Vase
Maija Grotell (American (born Finland), Helsinki 1899–1973 Pontiac, Michigan)
Cranbrook Academy of Art
ca. 1938–45
Bowl with fish
Maija Grotell (American (born Finland), Helsinki 1899–1973 Pontiac, Michigan)
Cranbrook Academy of Art
ca. 1941
Vase with cityscape
Maija Grotell (American (born Finland), Helsinki 1899–1973 Pontiac, Michigan)
Henry Street Settlement
ca. 1928–35
Vase
Maija Grotell (American (born Finland), Helsinki 1899–1973 Pontiac, Michigan)
ca. 1930–45
Vase with picnickers
Maija Grotell (American (born Finland), Helsinki 1899–1973 Pontiac, Michigan)
Henry Street Settlement
ca. 1930–5
Vase
Maija Grotell (American (born Finland), Helsinki 1899–1973 Pontiac, Michigan)
Henry Street Settlement
ca. 1930
Vase
Grueby Faience Company (1894–ca. 1911)
ca. 1898–1909
Vase
Grueby Faience Company (1894–ca. 1911)
ca. 1898–1900
Vase
Grueby Faience Company (1894–ca. 1911)
ca. 1900–9
Tobacco jar
Designed by Wilhelmina Post (American, 1867 - unknown)
Grueby Faience Company (1894–ca. 1911)
1906
Vase
Decorated by Annie V. Lingley (American, 1873–unknown)
Grueby Faience Company (1894–ca. 1911)
ca. 1899–1910
Vase
Grueby Faience Company (1894–ca. 1911)
ca. 1898–1900
Vase with landscape
Grueby Faience Company (1894–ca. 1911)
1909–10
Butter Bus
Helen E. Hokinson (American, Mendota, Illinois 1893–1949 Washington, D.C.)
1932
Round platter with map of the United States
Multiple artists/makers
1940–43
Our America dinner plate with bird's eye view of lower Manhattan
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1940–43
Our America platter
Multiple artists/makers
1940–43
Our America luncheon plate with Chicago's Michigan Avenue Bridge
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1940–43
Soup bowl with New England Fishing Boats
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1940–43
Our America with Florida Coconut Palms, Small dish
Multiple artists/makers
1940–43
Our America bread and butter plate with Southern plantation
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1940–43
Maple Syrup Gathering cup and saucer
Multiple artists/makers
1939
Salt and pepper shakers
Multiple artists/makers
1939
Our America sugar bowl
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1940–43
Teapot with Southwestern Pueblo
Multiple artists/makers
1939
Our America with Bridge Building, Coffee pot
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1940–43
Covered bowl
Edgar Littlefield
ca. 1940–50
Plaque
Edgar Littlefield
1935
Bowl
Glen Lukens (American, Cowgill, Missouri 1887–1967 Los Angeles, California)
ca. 1940–50
Bowl
Glen Lukens (American, Cowgill, Missouri 1887–1967 Los Angeles, California)
ca. 1935–36
Vase with chestnut leaves
Arthur E. Baggs (1886–1947)
Marblehead Pottery (1905–36)
1907
Covered jar
Multiple artists/makers
1907–8
Vase with plants
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1907–8
Vase with plants
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1910–15
Losanti vase
M. Louise McLaughlin (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1847–1939 Cincinnati, Ohio)
ca. 1900–4
Losanti vase
M. Louise McLaughlin (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1847–1939 Cincinnati, Ohio)
ca. 1900–04
Losanti vase with grape leaves
M. Louise McLaughlin (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1847–1939 Cincinnati, Ohio)
ca. 1900–4
Vase with primroses
M. Louise McLaughlin (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1847–1939 Cincinnati, Ohio)
1881
Plaque with poppies
Decorated by M. Louise McLaughlin (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1847–1939 Cincinnati, Ohio)
1889
Plaque with marsh scene
M. Louise McLaughlin (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1847–1939 Cincinnati, Ohio)
1881
Ceramic Form No. 25
Leza McVey (American, Cleveland, Ohio, 1907–1984, Cleveland, Ohio)
1950
Vase with flowers
Decorated by Roberta Beverly Kennon (American, 1877–1931)
Newcomb Pottery (1894–1940)
1905
Vase with bellflowers
Decorated by Esther Huger Elliot (American, 1872–1957)
Newcomb Pottery (1894–1940)
1901
Vase with flowers
Decorated by Harriet Coulter Joor (American, Navarro County, Texas 1875–1965 Lafayette, Louisiana)
Newcomb Pottery (1894–1940)
ca. 1902–04
Mug with landscape
Decorated by Emilie de Hoa LeBlanc (1870–1941)
Newcomb Pottery (1894–1940)
1902
Pitcher with figures
Adolf Odorfer
1937
Feroza vase with handles
J. B. Owens Pottery Company (1891–1907)
ca. 1901–07
Vase with tulips
Mary Chase Perry (1867–1961)
Pewabic Pottery (1903–1961)
ca. 1904
Vase with snowdrops
Mary Chase Perry (1867–1961)
Pewabic Pottery (1903–1961)
ca. 1904
Plaque with nude
Henry Varnum Poor (American, Chapman, Kansas 1887–1970 New City, New York)
ca. 1925–30
Plaque with still life
Henry Varnum Poor (American, Chapman, Kansas 1887–1970 New City, New York)
ca. 1925–30
Plaque with woman's head
Henry Varnum Poor (American, Chapman, Kansas 1887–1970 New City, New York)
ca. 1925–30
Vase with storks
Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead (American (born England), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1880–1942 New York)
S. A. Weller Pottery (1888–1948)
1904
Aztec vase
Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead (American (born England), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1880–1942 New York)
Roseville Pottery (1892–1954)
ca. 1904–08
Aztec vase
Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead (American (born England), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1880–1942 New York)
Roseville Pottery (1892–1954)
ca. 1904–08
Della Robbia vase with trees
Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead (American (born England), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1880–1942 New York)
Roseville Pottery (1892–1954)
ca. 1904–08
Vase
Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead (American (born England), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1880–1942 New York)
Roseville Pottery (1892–1954)
ca. 1904–08
Aztec Vase
Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead (American (born England), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1880–1942 New York)
Roseville Pottery (1892–1954)
ca. 1904–08
Della Robbia vase with daffodils
Multiple artists/makers
1906–8
Della Robbia vase with trees
Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead (American (born England), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1880–1942 New York)
Roseville Pottery (1892–1954)
ca. 1904–08
Della Robbia vase with cypress trees
Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead (American (born England), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1880–1942 New York)
Roseville Pottery (1892–1954)
ca. 1904–08
Plaque with poppies
Designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead (American (born England), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1880–1942 New York)
S. A. Weller Pottery (1888–1948)
1904
Card tray with Loie Fuller
Designed by Anna Marie Valentien (American, 1862–1947)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1901
Vase
Decorated by Wilhelmina Rehm
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1931
Vase with globe thistles
Designed by Anna Marie Valentien (American, 1862–1947)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1904
Vase with lotus flower
Decorated by Kataro Shirayamadani (American (born Japan), Tokyo 1865–1948 Cleveland, Ohio)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1904
Vase with gingko
Decorated by Kataro Shirayamadani (American (born Japan), Tokyo 1865–1948 Cleveland, Ohio)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1901
Vase with violets
Decorated by John D. Wareham (1871–1954)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1901
Vase with nudes
Designed by Anna Marie Valentien (American, 1862–1947)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1900
Vase with nude
Designed by Anna Marie Valentien (American, 1862–1947)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1901
Paperweight with lizard and lotus leaf
Decorated by Kataro Shirayamadani (American (born Japan), Tokyo 1865–1948 Cleveland, Ohio)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1904
Vase with peacock feathers
Designed by Sara Sax (1870–1949)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1913
Bowl with nude
Designed by Anna Marie Valentien (American, 1862–1947)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1901
Vase with narcissus
Decorated by Anna Marie Valentien (American, 1862–1947)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1905
Vase with poppies
Designed by Sara Sax (1870–1949)
Rookwood Pottery Company (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1880–1967)
1901
"Animal Kingdom" coffee cup
Designed by Viktor Schreckengost (American, Sebring, Ohio 1906–2008 Cleveland, Ohio)
American Limoges China Company (1901–1955)
ca. 1935–40
"Animal Kingdom" cake plate
Designed by Viktor Schreckengost (American, Sebring, Ohio 1906–2008 Cleveland, Ohio)
American Limoges China Company (1901–1955)
ca. 1935–40
"Animal Kingdom" cake plate
Designed by Viktor Schreckengost (American, Sebring, Ohio 1906–2008 Cleveland, Ohio)
American Limoges China Company (1901–1955)
ca. 1935–40
"Animal Kingdom" cream pitcher
Designed by Viktor Schreckengost (American, Sebring, Ohio 1906–2008 Cleveland, Ohio)
American Limoges China Company (1901–1955)
ca. 1935–40
"Animal Kingdom" sugar bowl
Designed by Viktor Schreckengost (American, Sebring, Ohio 1906–2008 Cleveland, Ohio)
American Limoges China Company (1901–1955)
ca. 1935–40
Wall sconce
Susi Singer (Austrian, Vienna 1891–1965 California)
ca. 1937–50
Vase
Emile Diffloth (1856–1933)
University City Pottery (1909–14)
ca. 1910
Vase
University City Pottery (1909–14)
ca. 1912–13
Vase
Emile Diffloth (1856–1933)
University City Pottery (1909–14)
ca. 1910
Vase
University City Pottery (1909–14)
ca. 1912
Vase
University City Pottery (1909–14)
1912
Gourd-shaped vase
Designed by Taxile Doat (1851–1938)
University City Pottery (1909–14)
ca. 1912–13
Gourd-shaped vase
Designed by Taxile Doat (1851–1938)
University City Pottery (1909–14)
1913
Gourd-shaped vase
Designed by Taxile Doat (1851–1938)
University City Pottery (1909–14)
1912
Vase
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1865–1929 Syracuse, New York)
University City Pottery (1909–14)
1910
Despondency vase
Designed by Artus Van Briggle (American, Felicity, Ohio 1869–1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Van Briggle Pottery Company (1901–present)
Designed in 1902; 1905
Vase with leaves
Designed by Artus Van Briggle (American, Felicity, Ohio 1869–1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Van Briggle Pottery Company (1901–present)
1903
Vase with peacock feathers
Designed by Artus Van Briggle (American, Felicity, Ohio 1869–1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Van Briggle Pottery Company (1901–present)
1904
Vase with daffodils
Designed by Artus Van Briggle (American, Felicity, Ohio 1869–1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Van Briggle Pottery Company (1901–present)
1902
Vase with crocuses
Designed by Artus Van Briggle (American, Felicity, Ohio 1869–1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado)
1902
Vase with poppy seed pods
Designed by Artus Van Briggle (American, Felicity, Ohio 1869–1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Van Briggle Pottery Company (1901–present)
1903
Vase with geese
Designed by Artus Van Briggle (American, Felicity, Ohio 1869–1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Van Briggle Pottery Company (1901–present)
Design dates to 1900; 1902
Vase with poppy seed pods
Designed by Artus Van Briggle (American, Felicity, Ohio 1869–1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Van Briggle Pottery Company (1901–present)
ca. 1905–07
Vase
William J. Walley (1852–1919)
ca. 1898–1918
Vase
William J. Walley (1852–1919)
ca. 1898–1918
Vase
William J. Walley (1852–1919)
ca. 1898–1918
Vase
Frederick E. Walrath (1870–1921)
ca. 1908–15
Vase
Frederick E. Walrath (1870–1921)
ca. 1908–15
Bowl
Frederick E. Walrath (1870–1921)
ca. 1908–15
Vase with marine life
Thomas J. Wheatley (1853–1917)
1882
Vase with farmyard scene
Frans Wildenhain (German, 1905–1980)
1947–50
Plaque with horses
Wilhelm Hunt Diederich (American (born Hungary), Szent-Grot 1884–1953 Tappan, New York)
ca. 1925–35