ceramic vase
Date: 2006
Inventory Number: MUS-117-0021
Classification: Vase
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Dimensions:
16.8 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm (6 5/8 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
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DescriptionWheel-thrown salt-glazed stoneware vase. Base is relatively wide and flat, with no foot. Walls curve gently out from the base, then in to form a wide, short neck, then out again, ending in a fluted rim. Inside surface is yellow-brown in color with a smooth texture, and has a rippled pattern due to the wheel-throwing process. Outside surface has a speckled, slightly rough but glossy texture due to the salt-glaze firing. Vase is light gray with a floral design on front, featuring four blue larger blooming flowers, two smaller flowers, and green stems and leaves. Centers of flowers and parts of stems protrude slightly from the surface, which has been trimmed from the base to the beginning of the neck. “SALMON FALLS STONEWARE 2006 DOVER, N.H.” is stamped into the front at the center of the shoulder, and a dragonfly-shaped maker’s mark is stamped into the bottom center of the back, just above the base. A decorator's maker's mark is located at the viewer's lower right corner of the design on the front of the vase, in the leaves, and is painted in blue in the shape of an "S".
Vase is Salmon Falls Stoneware design #555, “Fluted Vase 7” high,” with “Cornflower” pattern.
Vase is Salmon Falls Stoneware design #555, “Fluted Vase 7” high,” with “Cornflower” pattern.
In Collection(s)
FunctionDecorative
Curatorial RemarksSalmon Falls Stoneware is a pottery studio based in Dover, New Hampshire which specializes in salt-glazed stoneware ceramics. It was founded in 1986 by Andy Cochran, and grew out of Pottery by Andy, a pottery peddling business and later a pottery studio and business which moved in 1983 to Salmon Falls Stoneware’s current location in a former Boston & Maine Engine House in Dover, New Hampshire.
Salmon Falls Stoneware pieces are marked with the studio’s stamp, as well as a unique stamp signifying the individual potter who created the piece.
Salt-glaze pottery is a type of pottery which has been glazed by beginning to fire the unglazed pieces, then throwing salt into the hot kiln before finishing the firing. The salt vaporizes and fuses with the clay, forming a glaze.
Salmon Falls Stoneware pieces are marked with the studio’s stamp, as well as a unique stamp signifying the individual potter who created the piece.
Salt-glaze pottery is a type of pottery which has been glazed by beginning to fire the unglazed pieces, then throwing salt into the hot kiln before finishing the firing. The salt vaporizes and fuses with the clay, forming a glaze.
ProvenanceSalmon Falls Stoneware, 2006.
Published ReferencesCochran, Andy. “A Little History.” Salmon Falls Stoneware. 2005. http://salmonfalls.com/cgi-bin/perlshop.cgi?ACTION=thispage&thispage=history.html&ORDER_ID=151957031.
Farrell, Mary. “About the Salt-glazed Stoneware.” Westmoore Pottery. 2021. http://www.westmoorepottery.com/about-the-salt-glazed-stoneware/.