Jar on Stand

Gallery 211, American Art, second floor

Main Building

Jar on Stand

1893

Susan Frackelton (American, 1851–1932)

Women like Susan Frackelton played a major role in the American art pottery movement, which favored the handmade over mass-produced industrial objects. This vase was exhibited in the Women’s Building at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, where it won a gold medal.

Gallery 211, American Art, second floor

Object Details

Title:

Jar on Stand

Date:

1893

Artist:

Susan Frackelton (American, 1851–1932)

Medium:

Salt-glazed stoneware with underglaze blue decoration

Dimensions:

25 x 12 inches (63.5 x 30.5 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Gift of John T. Morris, 1893

Accession Number:

1893-309a--c

Geography:

Made in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America

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Gallery 211, American Art, second floor

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