Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Vase
Object Number:
1954.175
Date:
1923-1950
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 13 x 12.4 cm )
Marks:
incised: on base: "Inwood Pottery"
Description:
Wheelthrown redware vessel with a scalloped edge; cylindrical neck decorated with incised geometric pattern; shouldered body tapers to a small circular base and is dark brown in color.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this vase is a reproduction of Iroquois Indian pottery. Inwood Pottery Studios was built on the site of an old Indian village called Shopakop-kik but moved to 168th Street in 1936 when the city of New York designated that land for a park.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Dorothy C. Barck
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
