Footed Bowl
Edwin Scheier
(American, 1910–2008)
Mary Goldsmith Scheier
(American, 1908–2007)
about 1955
Object PlaceDurham, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/TechniqueStoneware with sgraffito decoration
DimensionsOverall: 22.5 x 19.1 x 18.4 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession number1990.231
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Unlike many of their contemporaries who focused on color and glaze experiments, the Scheiers frequently portrayed human figures and other images on the surface of their pots. These abstracted, simplified designs in sgraffito decoration—scratching through one layer of glaze to reveal another—related to the larger international abstract art movement prevalent in the mid-20th century.
ProvenanceTo MFA, 1990, gift of Margaret Craver Withers.
about 1800
