Name/Title
Large green vase made by Gladding & McBean, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
1997.214.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.214.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920's
OBJECT: VASE
DESCRIPTION:
LARGE EARTHENWARE VASE WITH HANDLES. UPPER SECTION OF VASE HAS, ON EITHER SIDE, A RAISED PSEUDO HERALDIC SHIELD. GREEN COLOR GLAZE IS VARIEGATED, SHADING FROM DARK IN THE UPPER TOP OF VASE TO A PALER TONE OF GREEN, CULMINATING IN A DARKER SHADE AT ITS BASE.
SIZE: H 34" X 17" OPENING
HISTORY OF OBJECT: VASE DONATED IN MEMORY OF HELEN L FREEMAN BY HER SON, THE DONOR.
THE VASE WAS DISPLAYED IN HIS PARENTS' HOME AND WAS THERE WHEN THE HOME WAS PURCHASED IN 1937 BY THEM.
VASE IS SIMILAR TO A PAIR NOW IN THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM COLLECTION; THEY WERE MANUFACTURED BY GLADDING & MCBEAN, POTTERS, SAN JOSE, CALIF.
HELEN L FREEMAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF ALAMEDA, AND A FORMER TEACHER AT ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL.
ACQUIRED FROM:
CHRIS K FREEMAN
CARSON CITY, NV
NOTE: THE VASE WAS PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM BETWEEN 1981 AND 1990.
DATE: CATALOGED MAY 17, 1997
