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Translucent glass object which transitions to green around the base featuring an underwater scene with fish and aquatic plants. The gray backdrop glows white around the bottom, illuminating the piece.
Edward Hald, Vase. Gift of the Estate of William E. Brigham

Decorative Arts and Design Galleries

Translucent glass object which transitions to green around the base featuring an underwater scene with fish and aquatic plants. The gray backdrop glows white around the bottom, illuminating the piece.
Edward Hald, Vase. Gift of the Estate of William E. Brigham

Museum Galleries, Decorative Arts and Design

Introduction

Works of decorative arts and design are integrated into many galleries throughout the Museum, with concentrations presented in the Lucy Truman Aldrich Porcelain Gallery, featuring 18th-century porcelain figures and tableware; the Mrs. Alexis B. Hafken Farago Bridge Gallery, featuring Asian and European ceramics from the 17th to the 19th centuries; and the Happy White Pendleton Bridge, featuring European and American glass from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Elizabeth Williams, David & Peggy Rockefeller Curator, Decorative Arts

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Thom Hall

Two Boys with Pier
A hollow cone structure tipped to the side, with a checkered pattern on the interior and abstracted white branches on a dark exterior.

Phillip Maberry

Untitled (PM-16-81)
Two metallic vessels: one rounded with raised spherical studs and a narrow neck, the other a goblet with a shimmering bowl on a textured stem and small, looped handles.

Beatrice Wood

Two Handled Chalice
Warped ceramic teacup marbled with a glossy black-and-white glaze, appearing partially melted with folds and distortions collecting on the bottom half of the vessel, the surface resembling an ink painting.

Irvin Tepper

New Beginnings
Minimalistic teapot with a dimpled surface, slightly flattened form, narrow spout, small curved handle, and a small coiled lid, all made in smooth, cream-colored matte ceramic.

Philip Cornelius

Teapot

June Schwarcz

Pewter Box with Enamel Plaque (#778)
A smooth, minimalistic dark gray teapot with a smooth matte surface, bulbous upper and lower sections joined by a narrow waist, and an oversized handle looping above the lid.

Chris Gustin

Untitled (Teapot)
Dark brown cylindrical vessel with evenly spaced repeating triangular cutouts that form irregular circles. The center of each circle is punctuated by a raised round stud.

Malene Müllertz

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