Vase
1901–1907
Jacques Sicard
Jacques Sicard (French, 1865–1923)
Decorative Art and Design
Vase, 1901–1907. Jacques Sicard (French, 1865–1923), and Weller Pottery (American). Earthenware; diameter: 18.9 x 15.4 cm (7 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George A. Seeley 1988.126 This vase's distinctive metallic sheen is achieved through a technique known as luster glazing, in which ground metals, typically silver, gold, or platinum, are incorporated into the glazing process. A green-gold luster glaze forms the vase's decoration of vines and leaves.
- Maker/Artist
- Sicard, Jacques
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- earthenware
- Medium
- earthenware
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 18.9 x 15.4 cm (7 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed on body near base in purple lustre glaze (in ligature): Weller Sicard.
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1988.126
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George A. Seeley
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1988
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 208 American Gilded Age and Realism
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