Vase
Rookwood marked every piece with a date cypher, so the year is not a judgement call — it is stamped into the foot.
MakerAlbert Robert Valentien
Date1896
OriginCincinnati
MediumEarthenware and glaze
Dimensions19 × (diam. top) 5.1 × (diam. base) 6.3 cm (7 1/2 × 2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Classamerican decorative arts
RegisterObject
QuantityOne. There is never a second.
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Circle of
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Manner of
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After
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Unattributed
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This plate
Vase, Art Institute of Chicago, object 88105.
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