Artist

Walter B. Stephen (Primary), (Manufacturer)

Title

Vase

Date

circa 1913-1918

Century

20th century

Medium & Support

Glazed stoneware

Technique

pate-sur-pate, glaze

Dimensions

Support: 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.

Style

Folk Pottery

Object Type

Ceramics

Credit Line

2004 Collectors' Circle purchase

Accession Number

2005.03.02.83

Copyright

No Copyright, United States

ON VIEW

Nonconnah Pottery Nellie C. Randall Stephen and Walter B. Stephen 1857–1910 Shelby County, TN Clinton, IA 1875–1961 Asheville, NC Vase, circa 1908 Glazed stoneware 2004 Collectors’ Circle purchase, 2005.03.02.83

Exhibition Title: Intersections in American Art
Label Date: 11/2019
Type: Object Label
Written by: Whitney Richardson

Early Tourism & the Craft Revival Many factors, including the arrival of the railroad to Western North Carolina in 1880, brought new visitors to the region and helped strengthen the economy. Some visitors sought cool mountain air to ease respiratory diseases (like tuberculosis), while others came as tourists. Cherokee arts and craft had always been made in the area, and European settlers made what they needed as they migrated to the region. With the growth of tourism, crafts were increasingly made as souvenirs for visitors who liked to return home with objects handmade from regional materials like clay, rhododendron, and river cane. While local artists’ work was making its way out to the rest of the country, national crafts, like Rookwood Pottery seen here, were inspiring some of the artists in the Appalachian region.

Exhibition Title: Intersections in American Art
Label Date: 11/2019
Type: Extended Chat
Written by: Whitney Richardson