Nautilus Bowl
Manufacturer
Ben Owen Pottery
(American)
Maker
Benjamin Wade Owen, III
(American, 20th Century)
CultureAmerican
Date1993
MediumSalt glazed stoneware
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (11.4 x 36.8 cm)
InscribedIncised on bottom: "Ben / Owen / III / 1993"
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number94.1.8
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a bowl made of salt glazed stoneware. It has three lug feet, incised design of a nautilus shell with wavy and straight deeply incised lines; brown glaze shading to green-blue to deep cobalt blue.Label TextBenjamin Wade Owen III American, Seagrove, North Carolina (b. 1968) Nautilus Bowl, 1993 Salt-glazed stoneware Museum Purchase 94.1.8 Approved By: CLFExhibition History"Southern Pottery from the Collection of The Chrysler Museum", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, March 3/4 - May 29, 1994.
