Artist George E. Ohr, American, 1857-1918
Pottery Biloxi Art Pottery, American, 1878 - 1909
Title
  • Conch shell with crab
Date 1899
Medium earthenware
Dimensions Overall: 5 × 10 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (12.7 × 25.7 × 18.7 cm)
Credit Line Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession Number 1999.109
Department American Art before 1950
Not On View
Marks Mark, on the bottom: GEO E OHR | BILOXI, MISS [Mark 11] 1899
March 1899. Purchased by Armand H. Griffith from George Ohr (the Biloxi Pottery) in Biloxi, Mississippi
April 1899. Loaned by Armand H. Griffith to the Detroit Museum of Art
1989. Found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)