Dish
Gilded relief decoration of a stylized female figure—whose hair flows into iris petals and whose body transforms into the flower’s leaves—wraps around this oval dish. Made of molded earthenware, the dish demonstrates an attempt to translate the high style of Art Nouveau to a less expensive and more mass-produced medium. While the dish’s maker has yet to be identified, it is an excellent example of the dissemination of the Art Nouveau style in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dish
- Maker: Unknown maker
- Date: Late 19th century
- Geography: Made in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Earthenware
- Dimensions: 8 7/16 × 5 3/4 in. (21.4 × 14.6 cm)
- Credit Line: The Florence I. Balasny-Barnes Collection, Gift of Florence I. Balasny-Barnes, 2008
- Object Number: 2025.794.13
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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