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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Melon Bottle
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Melon Bottle

Maker Benjamin Wade Owen, III (American, 20th Century)
Date1994
MediumAsh glazed porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 22 in. (55.9 cm)
ClassificationsDecorative arts
Credit LineGift of the artist, Benjamin Wade Owen III
Object number94.36
Terms
  • Swirls
  • Fruit
  • Melon
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • North Carolina
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DescriptionThis bottle is of wood fired ash glazed porcelain. It is a tall melon-shaped bottle with swirling incised vertical lines. It has layered alkaline glazes in various shades of blue and brown.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen, III
1994
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen Sr.
1960s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen Sr.
1960s
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Ben Owen Pottery
1993
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen Sr.
1960s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen Sr.
1960s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen Sr.
1960s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen Sr.
1960s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen Sr.
1960s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen Sr.
1960s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen Sr.
1960s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Benjamin Wade Owen Sr.
1960s