Vase
This bowl, made by Arthur Baggs during his time as a student at Alfred University, demonstrates his early work as a potter, giving visual clues as to his working methods as a potter. Notably this is the earliest known dated work signed by Baggs, establishing a timeframe for when Baggs started throwing on the wheel, as well as his understanding of and interest in glazes.
Artwork Details
- Title: Vase
- Maker: Arthur E. Baggs (1886–1947)
- Date: 1904
- Geography: Possibly made in Alfred, New York, United States; Possibly made in Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Stoneware; brown drip glaze overlapping green glaze
- Dimensions: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2021
- Object Number: 2022.404.2
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1907–8
Arthur E. Baggs
Marblehead Pottery
1907
Arthur E. Baggs
Alfred University
1904
Arthur E. Baggs
Marblehead Pottery
ca. 1920–24
Arthur E. Baggs
1935
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