Plaque (1879): Art, History and Details

Plaque (1879) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is John Bennett (American, 1840–1907).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

John Bennett was trained in England. He seems to have played a crucial role there by introducing painted decoration on ceramics at the Doulton factory in the early 1870s. Although they admired his talent, his English colleagues found Bennett had a difficult personality, and his stay at the Doulton factory was brief. By 1876 he was in New York, bringing with him the concepts of the English Aesthetic Movement: muted colors and great naturalism in the depiction of birds and flowers.

Object facts

• Title: Plaque
• Date: 1879
• Creator attribution: John Bennett (American, 1840–1907)
• Culture: America, New York
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: earthenware with underglaze painted decoration
• Dimensions: Diameter: 42.8 cm (16 7/8 in.); Overall: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1986.30

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38–79.

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