Vase
George Prentiss Kendrick
1903–9
Medium
Earthenware and glaze
Dimensions
37.5 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm (14 3/4 × 8 × 8 in.)
Classification
vase
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
195530
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Inspired by the French earthenware at Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, William H. Grueby established his own firm in Boston the following year. By 1900, under the direction of George Prentiss Kendrick, Grueby Faience Company specialized in producing earthenware in solid shapes based on Asian precedents in a small spectrum of matte colors with elegant applied decoration. The color, shape, and symmetrical arrangement of daffodils on this vase evoke Japanese elements that Kendrick would...