Vase
Medium
ceramics
Classification
ceramics
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Bequest of Gary W. Hager
Accession Number
1992-63-1
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
This elegant vase, crafted the Fulper Pottery Company 1915, exemplifies 20th-century American ceramics. Founded in 1805 in Flemington, New Jersey, Fulper was one of the oldest continuously operating potteries, evolving from utilitarian stoneware to innovative art pottery. By the 1910s, the company embraced the Arts and Crafts movement's on craftsmanship, producing vases with distinctive forms and experimental glazes that appealed to a growing market for decorative home goods. As a ceramic work from this pivotal era, the vase reflects Fulper's technical prowess in high-fired stoneware and glos...