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HVVACC Exhibits

Linking Collections, Building Connections

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Jane and Ralph Whitehead
Tall vase with handles (White Pines Pottery), 1915-1926
Glazed ceramic
15 x 9 x 9 in.
WBG; gift of Douglas C. James, William R. Ginsberg, Jane Traum, and Elise Glenne
WBG 2015.007.001
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Jane and Ralph Whitehead
Eucalyptus vase (White Pines Pottery), 1915-1926
Glazed ceramic
9 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
WBG
WBG 2015.001.001
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Edith Penman and Elizabeth Hardenberg
Tea set (Byrdcliffe Pottery), 1903-1922
Glazed ceramic
Pitcher 3 x 3 x 3 in.; bowl 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.; teapot 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
WBG
WBG 2005.002.001; 2005.002.002; 2005.002.003

With funding provided by founders Jane and Ralph Whitehead, Edith Penman and Elizabeth Hardenberg set up a pottery studio at Byrdcliffe in 1903, the colony’s first year of operation. From 1915-1926, the Whiteheads created what they called "White Pines Pottery," named after their home on the campus. Their experiments with glazes favored blue hues; the interior of the two vases seen here are both glazed in what has come to be known popularly as "Byrdcliffe Blue," which in fact encompasses many shades.