Trumpet Vine Pitcher
Artist
Albert Robert Valentien
(American, 1862-1925)
Manufacturer
Rookwood Pottery
(American)
CultureAmerican
Date1882
MediumGlazed ceramic pottery
DimensionsOverall: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
InscribedIncised bottom: "Rookwood/1882/R/A.R.V." ARV for artist.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.813
Not on view
DescriptionChocolate-brown glaze with designs of trumpet vines and flowers of a pale orange pink for the flowers and green leaves on dark brown vines. The pitcher has a bulbous bottom and a long neck with an applied handle.Label TextAlbert Robert Valentien American, 1862–1925 Trumpet Vine Pitcher, 1882 Glazed ceramic pottery by Rookwood Pottery Company, Cincinnati, Ohio Chrysler Museum of Art, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 77.813 Rookwood Pottery Company American, founded in 1880 Rookwood Pottery was founded by Maria Longworth Nichols Storer (1849–1932), a talented society woman from Cincinnati, Ohio, who painted china as a hobby. Nichols created her own pottery company after seeing impressive European and Asian ceramics at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Many of the professional artists she hired were women, including Sara Sax, whose work appears elsewhere in this exhibition. Recognized for its imaginative colors and glaze techniques, Rookwood’s most popular products feature floral designs, as seen in the smaller pieces here. Many later designs, such as the tall blue vase at center, used matte surfaces and enhanced the floral motifs with low relief, giving the design a hazy appearance much like an Impressionist painting. Exhibition History"From Earth and Fire: Art Pottery and Art Glass from the Chrysler Museum of Art," The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia: Autumn 1997 through Summer 1999. "The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 16 - September 6, 2015.
