Vase (decorated with stylized leaves and buds)
Grueby Faience Company, American, 1894 - 1909
Wilhelmina Post, American, active 1898 - 1907
about 1900
Ceramic with matt glaze (green and yellow)
Overall: 11 9/16 × 6 1/2 in. (29.3 × 16.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a bequest from Lulu C. and Robert L. Coller, Class of 1923
C.984.18
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Decorative Arts
On view
Inscriptions
Stamped in bottom: GRUEBY FAIENCE Co. BOSTON U.S.A./ Inscribed in bottom: W.P>
Label
Typical of the Grueby Company’s finest wares, this vase was hand thrown by men who worked in the factory and then decorated by women who had graduated from Boston art schools. As an unmarried woman and the daughter of immigrants, Wilhelmina Post achieved some financial independence by applying ornamentation to Grueby vases. She incised the wide leaves and delicate yellow buds encircling the opening on this vase intended to hold flowers.
From the 2024 exhibition Beyond the Bouquet: Arranging Flowers in American Art, curated by Michael Hartman, Jonathan Little Cohen Associate Curator of American Art
Course History
WRIT 5, On Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2015
English 39.01, American Fiction: 1950-1990, Kimberly Brown, Winter 2025
Exhibition History
Beyond the Bouquet: Arranging Flowers in American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 18, 2024 - late 2025.
Grueby Pottery, A New England Arts and Crafts Venture: The William Curry Collection, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 2-September 18, 1994
Provenance
Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1984.
This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.
We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu