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Cup and Saucer

George E. Ohr American, 1857-1918
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About the Artwork

Cup and Saucer

before 1894

George E. Ohr

1857-1918

American

Unknown

Glazed earthenware

Overall: 2 × 5 inches (5.1 × 12.7 cm)

Ceramics

American Art before 1950

Lent by A. H. Griffith, before 1930

X1989.892

Public Domain

Markings

Signed, bottom of cup: GEO E OHR

Label on bottom of saucer: Biloxi Ware, Property of A.H. Griffith Label, on bottom of cup: Biloxi ware, Loan A. H. Griffith

Provenance

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)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

George E. Ohr, Cup and Saucer, before 1894, glazed earthenware. Detroit Institute of Arts, Lent by A. H. Griffith, before 1930, X1989.892.

Cup and Saucer
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