Three-Handled Jar
Among the largest of the Pewabic pieces in the Booth family collection, this imposing, three-handled vase was purchased for display in Cranbrook House before 1914.
Pewabic Pottery, founded by the ceramicist Mary Chase Perry Stratton in 1903, is the longest-running continuously operating art pottery in the United States. It was supported from its early years by George Booth, in his capacity as a founder of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, frequent patron, and personal friend of Stratton. The subtly varied, rippling colors of this earth-toned vase were produced through careful layering of glazes, which ran and blended in the firing process. Stratton was famous for her rigorous and time-consuming experimentation with glazes, through which she was able to produce unique art objects such as this vase.
Mariam Hale
2023-2025 Collections Fellow
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
April 2024
Diameter: 9 in (22.9 cm)
ProvenanceGeorge Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth (between 1907 and 1914 -1949)
Cranbrook Foundation (1949-1973)
Cranbrook Educational Community (1973-present)
Credit LineCranbrook Center for Collections and Research
Cultural Properties Collection, Founders Collection
Bequest of George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth through the Cranbrook Foundation
Medium | MaterialsBuff clay body and “flowing matte” green and brown glazes
MarkingsNo mark or none visible
GenreObject TypeJars
Select Bibliography and Archival Citation(s)Dlugosz-Acton, Stefanie, Gregory Wittkopp, et al., "Simple Forms Stunning Glazes: The Gerald W. McNeely Collection of Pewabic Pottery". Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research in association with Cranbrook Art Museum. 2016.
