ceramics

1940 - 1950

Earthenware bowl on a small foot. The surface is glazed matte yellow.

1940 - 1950

Shallow earthenware bowl on a small foot. The surface is glazed orange with light and darker shades of glaze splattered on the interior of the bowl.

1940 - 1950

Earthenware bowl on a small foot. The surface is glazed deep blue with a dark brown rim.

1969

This object is a large cast and thrown earthenware jar with underglazes and overglazes. The center of the jar is a cylindrical column with a wide base that tapers toward the top. The upper...

1954

Round platter with two faces line drawn with glazes in white, brown, and blue. The rim is decorated with small dots along the surface.

1959

Large gas fired stoneware sculpture with an abstract geometric form. Vertical composition with blue, white, and brown glazed surface.

1993

ceramic icebucket

Baby Osiris Cookie Jar
1973

Glazed ceramic sculpture includes a figure with a round body, short arms and legs, and a brown pointed beard on its chin. The figure's head is thrown back with its large mouth open at top....

c. 1934|c. 1930-1940

Cylindrical shape; half encircled banded lift; encircling throw lines at top; wedge spout; uranium orange glaze.

n.d.

tile

glazed

buff earthenware, wiped to give antiqued effect, high relief molded, with individual modeling additions

1925-1930

Glazed earthenware tile contains the image of a building thought to be based on the California Mission San Antonio. The building contains an entrance with a peaked roof flanked by towers. An...

1925-1930

Glazed earthenware tile contains the image of a building thought to be based on the California Mission San Antonio. The building contains an entrance with a peaked roof and a tower with a red...

Tile (Landscape with Tower)
early 20th century

Glazed ceramic tile contains the image of a tower. A leafy tree appears on the left side of the tile with its branches filling the upper section of the composition.

20th century

Round porcelain jar with a pointed lid; decorated with blue and brown crystaline glaze.

c. 1960s

Glazed stoneware casserole dish. The sides of the dish are slightly concave and decorated with a pattern of alternating light and dark ovals against a cream background. A blue dome lid fits on...

1912

Thrown earthenware with slip-trailed leaf design with mat glazes in green, blue and tan.

c.1912

Earthenware bowl with raised linear lily design; tan and white glazes; l'art nouveau decoration on textured matt brown ground.

circa 1952-1953

This is a wheel thrown gas fired stoneware bottle with a drawing of a stylized bull on one side. The bottle was decorated using a sgraffito technique, iron oxide/slip, and glaze. The overall...

c. 1955

This is a wheel-thrown stoneware bowl. The exterior is glazed blue and decorated with a light-colored circular motif while the interior is glazed dark brown.

1902-1909

This is a stained and burnished covered bowl. Both the bowl and the lid are decorated with a carved swimming shark motif. The overall shape is round and squat, and the lid has a knob shaped...

1902-1909

Ovoid vasiform with short collar neck; carved with low relief eucalyptus leaves all over, smoothly burnished.

c. 1907

Yellow graniteware body; square box shape with pronounced crosseted corners; lid with beveled sides and square finial; green mat glaze.

Terra Cotta/Black No. 1
1986

Slab built terra cotta sculpture has a cylindrical form that is similar to a log. The surface is light brown with a black rectangular area covering an upward turned "branch".

1916-1917

This is a glazed earthenware low vase that has stylized decorations including flowers and birds around the top.

© 2024 Oakland Museum of California