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John Bennett was trained in England. He seems to have played a crucial role there by introducing painted decoration on ceramics at the Doulton factory in the early 1870s. Although they admired his talent, his English colleagues found Bennett had a difficult personality, and his stay at the Doulton factory was brief. By 1876 he was in New York, bringing with him the concepts of the English Aesthetic Movement: muted colors and great naturalism in the depiction of birds and flowers.
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Document identity
localId
153318
label
Plaque
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
153318
contentType
object
title
Plaque
description
John Bennett was trained in England. He seems to have played a crucial role there by introducing painted decoration on ceramics at the Doulton factory in the early 1870s. Although they admired his talent, his English colleagues found Bennett had a difficult personality, and his stay at the Doulton factory was brief. By 1876 he was in New York, bringing with him the concepts of the English Aesthetic Movement: muted colors and great naturalism in the depiction of birds and flowers.
date
1879
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79939055
creators
19868
genreSpecific
Ceramic
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 42.8 cm (16 7/8 in.); Overall: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
cul
America, New York
accession
1986.3
Source extras
tec
earthenware with underglaze painted decoration
tombstone
Plaque, 1879. John Bennett (American, 1840–1907). Earthenware with underglaze painted decoration; diameter: 42.8 cm (16 7/8 in.); overall: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1986.30
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
inscription in black on bottom: "JB [in monogram] ENNETT/ 412 E 24/ N.Y./ 1879."
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38–79.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 63, no. 56
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:55:00.072000
sourceId
153318
dept
Decorative Art and Design
coll
Decorative Arts
med
earthenware with underglaze painted decoration
creatorTags
male
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
d8fbad2a189d4128