Maker
Lyman, Fenton & Co. (American, 1849–1852)American, 1849–1852
Makeror
United States Pottery Company (American, 1852–1858)American, 1852–1858
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Figure of a Doe
Datec. 1849–1858
Made inBennington, Vermont, United States
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware)
Dimensions8 7/8 × 11 5/8 × 6 in. (22.5 × 29.5 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.48.1.1
Not on view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Related examples: Barret 1958, p. 283, pl. 365 and p. 284, pl. 366; Spargo 1924, p. 233.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
Provenance[American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, by January 28, 1933]; [Ginsburg & Levy, New York, 1933–1948]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, November 16, 1948; given to MFAH.
Exhibition History
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Impressed on underside: Lyman Fenton & Co., / FENTON'S / ENAMEL / PATENTED / 1849 / BENNINGTON, Vt. [Barret 1958, p. 14, fig. IXa]
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Lyman, Fenton & Co.
c. 1849–1858
Lead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware)
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