About the Artwork
Vase
ca. 1890
William Frend De Morgan (Artist) English, 1839-1917 Halsey Ricardo (Designer) English, 1854-1928
Glazed earthenware
Overall: 13 7/16 × 11 1/8 × 8 3/4 inches (34.1 × 28.3 × 22.2 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase, Mary Martin Semmes Fund, with funds from Donald and Marilyn Ross
1996.79
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Markings
Inscribed, on bottom: "HR" [possibly Halsey Ricardo] "20"
Marks, impressed on bottom of vase: [De Morgan mark for Merton Abbey workshop, with initials DM positioned over a tulip]
Provenance
(Haslam and Whiteway Ltd., London, England)
1996-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
William Frend De Morgan; Halsey Ricardo, Vase, ca. 1890, glazed earthenware. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mary Martin Semmes Fund, with funds from Donald and Marilyn Ross, 1996.79.
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