crafts and decorative art

1947

White gold ring set with a clear rutilated quartz stone. The trapezoidal stone has four frosted back facets and a polished center facet that shows a single diagonal black rutilation.

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early 20th century to mid 20th century

This is a sterling silver pin composed of geometric shapes including nested arches and horizontal lines.

2007
20th century

This is a mechanical metal sculpture that resembles an abstract clam that is fitted with a wheel on the bottom for movement. The form also features two small metal balls on rods as "eyes" and a...

20th century

This is a mixed media doll in an animated pose made from brown hair wrapped around a fiber form. The doll has a braided tail and a long nose. Plastic beads are used for the eyes, and the doll...

1991

A = silver ring with attachment for stones

1968

Framed silk screen depicting and image of a cup similar to 2007.39.76. Silk screen is mounted to silver colored paper and is behind glass in a black painted wooden frame.

1972

Ceramic vessel composed of a gourd-shaped base splattered with green and blue pigment and decorated with a triangular design around the opening at top. What appears as a cylindrical tower with a...

1979

Porcelain cup in the shape of a sea shell. Outside is white; inside is peach colored. Left handed cup with handle in the form of a mermaid whose hands and blond hair is attached at the top and...

n.d.

Hand-built egg sculpture. Sculpture consists of a wooden base upon which six eggs of varying heights are loosely mounted. Eggs seem to be growing from/sitting atop green and orange vines with...

1976

Green flat porcelain (?) sculpture wall hanging. Very thin layer of porcelain with a green mat glaze and five rows of oval cut-outs mounted to two wooden boards. A wire is attached to one of the...

n.d.

Sculpted clay face of a woman in two pieces. She has red lipstick, green eye shadow and lavender earrings on her face (A). Her hair has a second piece (B) that is a ponytail, sculpted on a...

1976

White porcelain bowl decorated with cobalt blue glaze. Bowl has a small round base with rounded sides and a wide flared rim. Inside of bowl has a flower motif at bottom painted with cobalt glaze...

n.d.

Stoneware vase with brown earth-tone glazes. Bulbous vase with a very thin neck and a small flat round spout.

1979

Pigmented stoneware and porcelain clay sculpture on a painted white wooden (particle board) base. Sculpture is in four parts that attach together via copper piping that goes through their centers...

1964

Stoneware 'mask.' Shaped like a mushroom, back is flat with a hollowed out center and a wire for mounting to the wall.

1978

Round green porcelaiin plate with celadon glaze. Plate top is decorated throughout with fushia plants in bloom.

1972

Stoneware oxide pigmented clay vessel (A) with a square base (B). Vessel has a round bottom, rounded vertical sides, and a wide lip at top. There is a hole in the bottom and a lip around the...

1972

This is a large habd built stoneware vessel which appears to be made of at least 2 different types of clay. A black clay and a lighter one. The black clay is pigmented with a cobalt oxide.

n.d.

Raku fired black stoneware plate. Rim of plate is hand formed, making the plate oblong with a dent on one side. The dent continues with two parallel lines to a center circle. Crossing the lines...

n.d.

Large stoneware vessel. Found base, bulbous center and a lip rim. Pot is textured and has gray glaze on bottom, white glaze on top two thirds and brown brushmarks on sides.

1978

White porcelian sculpture of a hollow globe with small holes punched from the inside out, creating projections at various intervals. Piece has a large intentional hole at the top.

n.d.

White porcelain tea set made of a pot (A) with lid (b), sugar bowl (c) with lid (d) and a creamer (e). All are decorated with hand drawn images in cobalt glaze. Pot is decorated with human...

1979

Raku fired stoneware tall vase. Vase is cylindrical in shape with pressed vertical bands in sides. It has a 'roof' at top, two holes in the sides. A cylindrical ceramic rod extends up from both...

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