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As the company's representative he visited the Chicago Exposition, 1893, where he met other potters and saw the work of French ceramicists. Auguste Delaherche became a major influence. In 1894 he set up the Grueby Faience Co. to continue production of bricks, tiles etc but also to begin making pottery.  George Prentiss Kendrick, already well-known as a designer in metal wares, was designer to the pottery until 1901. Grueby's production was an instant success and gold and silver medals were awarded at the international exhibtion, Paris, 1900.  By then, their wares were sold by the influential  Samuel (Siegfried) Bing at his celebrated shop <i>L'Art Nouveau</i>  in Paris, from where the Museum purchased two examples.  The clay used in the architectural faience production was also used for the pottery.  The basic form was thrown and the raised leaves and flowers were applied in thin rolls of clay, arranged and worked by hand. Most modelling and decoration was done by the women students from Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and other schools.  Grueby developed a range of matt glazes of which the green of this vase (known as Grueby Green) was the most successful and the most imitated.","physicalDescription":"Stoneware jar with semi-matt green glaze","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Grueby, William H.","id":"A9739"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Kendrick, George Prentiss","id":"A9741"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":"probably"},{"name":{"text":"Post, Wilhelmina","id":"A9743"},"association":{"text":"decorator","id":"x30812"},"note":"possibly"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"stoneware","id":"x30197"},{"text":"glaze","id":"AAT15091"}],"techniques":[{"text":"glazed","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Stoneware, with a semi-matt glaze","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Stoneware","id":"THES48890"},{"text":"Vases","id":"THES48879"}],"styles":[{"text":"Art Nouveau","id":"AAT21430"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2007BM6658","2006AF5084","2006AF3696"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"139","id":"THES49874"},"free":"","case":"45","shelf":"1","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Vase","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Boston","id":"x29544"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1898-1899","earliest":"1898-01-01","latest":"1899-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"33.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'Grueby Faience Co.Boston USA' around a lotus flower, within a circle, impressed and paper label. 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At the Chicago1893 Exhibition he saw the high temperature <I> flambé </I> glazes developed by the important French potters, Chaplet and Delaherche, and, under their influence, he developed the matt glazes on which he built his reputation. This vase, bought from Siegfried Bing's shop, <I> L'Art Nouveau, </I> features the famous 'Grueby green'. Its ribbed leaf forms are strongly influenced by Delaherche. Grueby won many prizes at international exhibitions in Paris, St. Petersburg, Turin and St. Louis.","date":{"text":"1987-2006","earliest":"1987-01-01","latest":"2006-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["1685-1900"],"accessionNumberNum":"1685","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1900,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP4601","2019LP2127","2019LU0112"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-08-06","recordCreationDate":"2003-06-11","availableToBook":false}}