Artwork Details
- Title
- Sewer-Pipe Vase with Applied Decoration
- Artist
- Unidentified
- Date
- 20th century
- Location
- Dimensions
- 11 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2 x 5 3⁄4 in. (29.1 x 19.1 x 14.6 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- alkaline glazed stoneware
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Object — other — vase
- Object Number
- 1986.65.39
Artwork Description
Early-twentieth-century factory workers often created whimsical objects as a diversion from the monotony of their jobs. They used any materials that were available and often gave them away as gifts. In these pieces, the artists covered old sections of sewer pipes with clay, then decorated the surface. The molded handles suggest that the pots were intended to be used.