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Keyword Search Results
427 results found.
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2023.027.044 - Teacup
This is one teacup that is part of a set of seven matching teacups. Each teacup is white and features a brown line painted along the interior of the cup. Each cup is painted with a dark pink-red flower on a green stem with green leaves alongside smaller blue blossoms and a smaller brown leaf. There is a lighter, pink flower on a stem with green and brown leaves on the opposite side of each teacup. Each teacup features one smooth handle and a roun...
Record Type: Object
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2023.027.045 - Teacup
This is one teacup that is part of a set of seven matching teacups. Each teacup is white and features a brown line painted along the interior of the cup. Each cup is painted with a dark pink-red flower on a green stem with green leaves alongside smaller blue blossoms and a smaller brown leaf. There is a lighter, pink flower on a stem with green and brown leaves on the opposite side of each teacup. Each teacup features one smooth handle and a roun...
Record Type: Object
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2023.027.046 - Teacup
This is one teacup that is part of a set of seven matching teacups. Each teacup is white and features a brown line painted along the interior of the cup. Each cup is painted with a dark pink-red flower on a green stem with green leaves alongside smaller blue blossoms and a smaller brown leaf. There is a lighter, pink flower on a stem with green and brown leaves on the opposite side of each teacup. Each teacup features one smooth handle and a roun...
Record Type: Object
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2023.027.047 - Teacup
This is one teacup that is part of a set of seven matching teacups. Each teacup is white and features a brown line painted along the interior of the cup. Each cup is painted with a dark pink-red flower on a green stem with green leaves alongside smaller blue blossoms and a smaller brown leaf. There is a lighter, pink flower on a stem with green and brown leaves on the opposite side of each teacup. Each teacup features one smooth handle and a roun...
Record Type: Object
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2023.027.048 - Teacup
This is one teacup that is part of a set of seven matching teacups. Each teacup is white and features a brown line painted along the interior of the cup. Each cup is painted with a dark pink-red flower on a green stem with green leaves alongside smaller blue blossoms and a smaller brown leaf. There is a lighter, pink flower on a stem with green and brown leaves on the opposite side of each teacup. Each teacup features one smooth handle and a roun...
Record Type: Object
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2023.027.049 - Teacup
This is one teacup that is part of a set of seven matching teacups. Each teacup is white and features a brown line painted along the interior of the cup. Each cup is painted with a dark pink-red flower on a green stem with green leaves alongside smaller blue blossoms and a smaller brown leaf. There is a lighter, pink flower on a stem with green and brown leaves on the opposite side of each teacup. Each teacup features one smooth handle and a roun...
Record Type: Object
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2023.029.012 - Jug
This face jug was crafted by the Catawba Valley potter Burlon "B.B." Craig. The jug features two handles on opposite sides of the rim. The face features distinctive protruding eyes, a nose, thin eyebrows, and a parted mouth with rectangular teeth. This piece was personally selected for the collector and eventual donor, Dennis Cross, by Terry Zug, a professor emeritus of folklore and English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...
Record Type: Object
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2023.029.013 - Jug
This is a glazed, gray jug with two handles on opposite sides of the rim. The jug features white and blue stripes swirling across the exterior. This jug was crafted by the Catawba Valley potter Burlon "B.B." Craig. It features Craig's distinctive sine marking, in addition to his maker's stamp on the base.
Record Type: Object
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2023.029.014 - Vase
This is a glazed, gray-brown vase with subtle, neutral designs along the exterior. This vase was crafted by the Catawba Valley potter Burlon "B.B." Craig. It features Craig's distinctive sine marking, in addition to his maker's stamp on the base.
Record Type: Object
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2023.029.015 - Pitcher
This is a glazed, gray-brown pitcher with subtle, neutral designs along the exterior and a handle. This pitcher was crafted by the Catawba Valley potter Burlon "B.B." Craig. It features Craig's distinctive sine marking, in addition to his maker's stamp on the base.
Record Type: Object
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2023.030.001 - Platter
This rounded platter was crafted by Sammie L. Nicely. The donor purchased it from local art seller, collector, and patron, Martha Alfonso, around 2012. The donor estimates that the platter was made not long before the purchase year. Unlike many of the ceramic works we have in our collection by Nicely, this platter is not explicitly dated. The platter is glazed in a muted red-brown hue. The central design of the platter is an abstracted face. T...
Record Type: Object
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2023.031.001 - Painting
This abstract painting was created by Charles Lawson in 1989. The painting features a wide range of textured hues, but prominently features a deep pink-red that is consistent throughout Lawson's works.
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.001 - Vessel
This is an untitled turned ceramic cup. It is composed of red ceramic clay with a slip glaze. The piece is taller than it is wide and is cylindrical in nature. It is signed on the bottom "Nicely / TN / 83." This particular piece appears to have possibly been used by Nicely for a paint brush rinsing dish or something similar. It has paint sporadically dripped around the piece, including places that may have brush strokes from dropped brushes. Also...
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.002 - Vessel
This is an untitled turned ceramic cup by Sammie L. Nicely. It is composed of red ceramic clay with a slip glaze. The cup is taller than it is wide and is in the shape of a cylinder. It is signed on the bottom "Nicely / TN / 83."
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.003 - Vessel
This untitled ceramic vase by Sammie L. Nicely is molded in red ceramic clay and was not fired for glaze, making it a dull color with a rough texture. There are incised markings for decoration, and a pulling technique was used at the top to offer a close and fluffed design. The rim is rolled. The bottom is flat. "Tenn / 1982 / Nicely" is inscribed on the bottom.
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.004 - Vessel
This is an untitled small, ceramic, turned bowl by Sammie L. Nicely. The bowl is glazed in a slip glaze, offering tones of dark browns. There are designs, possibly symbols, inscribed into the exterior of the clay bowl. The rim is flat and so is the bottom. There is a signature on the bottom that reads: "Nicely / 82."
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.005 - Pottery
This is an untitled piece of ceramic art in the form of a fruit or vegetable by Sammie L. Nicely. It may be a small pumpkin, squash, or turnip variant. A green vine that is curled and made from glazed pottery protrudes from the top of the body. The body of the fruit is non-glazed, offering a natural clay hue. The non-glazed body is decorated with punched designs and glazed ceramic "dots" that match the green vine. This vase is attributed to S...
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.006 - Vessel
This is an untitled ceramic vase with a naturally symmetrical top/rim. The rest of the vase is abstract, offering lumps and depressions along the structure. The bottom is flat and the maker signed the bottom in ink: "Nicely TN. 1983." The vase is thinly glazed, offering a rough texture.
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.007 - Vessel
This is an untitled piece of ceramic pottery with a uniformly shaped base that offers stability and an understanding that the design was intentional. The body of the vase offers recesses and indentions with incised lines and designs. The piece is heavily glazed in a dark brown hue and is over-glazed with an even darker brown.
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.008 - Vessel
This is most likely a sconce vase. It is made out of ceramic clay. The bottom is rounded as it was likely designed to sit in a cradle of some sort. The size indicates it would likely be made for floral storage within a cradle that hangs on a wall. The hole in the bottom is likely a drain hole. The vessel offers a design with a thick, textured, dark glaze on the exterior. This vessel is attributed to Sammie L. Nicely, as it was collected by a f...
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.009 - Vessel
This is a manufactured piece of ceramic art by Sammie L. NIcely that presents in the form of a meteor or rock. It has been intricately designed to hold certain characteristics of a natural piece or form. There are certain areas of the work that hold areas of heat/blue-green glaze, indicative of high-heat firing. On the base of the sculpture, the artist's name, the date, and location are incised: "NICELY / 1979 Tenn."
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.010 - Vessel
This is an ceramic vase in the natural, non-glazed color of the maker's clay. There are incised decorations on the surface. There is a squared-off theme to the work, offering a narrow, trapezoidal base. The piece is signed "1982 / Nicely / TN" on the bottom.
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.011 - Artwork
This is a flat, ceramic art piece by Sammie L. Nicely. It only stands at approximately one inch at the highest point from the base when laid flat. It is four-sided and is adorned with an inscribed design in the fashion of the sea floor and/or oceanic themes. The artwork is brown and gray in color with hints of green paint. This abstract piece is reminiscent of ceramic fish sculptures by Nicely that are in the permanent collection. On the bac...
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.012 - Glass, Water
This is a hand-blown drinking glass in a light green color by Sammie L. Nicely. There are bubbles in the glass which confirm the assumption that it is hand-blown. There are also turned, incised lines along the top portion of the glass and intentional designs in the construction of the stem and base of the piece. This glass is attributed to Sammie L. Nicely, as it was collected by a family member, but there is no artist signature.
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.013 - Glass, Water
This is a mid-century styled drinking glass in a dark green color attributed to Sammie L. Nicely. There are bubbles present in the glass and there are circular lines, indicating that the glass is handmade. The glass is quality in production and style. It is in the shape of an inverted cone and connects to a flat base. This glass is attributed to Sammie L. Nicely, as it was collected by a family member, but there is no artist signature.
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.014 - Vessel
This is a footed glass bowl that was likely hand-blown. The upper portion of the bowl is a green color with a swirl motif, while the bottom portion of the bowl is a copper hue. The foot of the bowl is clear, rolled, and solid. There is a copper-colored, metallic, decorative band around the bottom half of the bowl, excluding the foot. There are subtle maker's marks on the base of the foot that indicate that the bowl was crafted by Timothy Harris a...
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.015 - Vessel
This is an untitled turned, ceramic vessel by Sammie L. Nicely in the shape of a jug. The bottom and base indicate a skilled and intentional style while the neck, rim, and lip are indicative of a more abstract style. The vessel is glazed in a brown hue with light colored "speckles." This vessel is attributed to Sammie L. Nicely, but there is no artist signature.
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.016 - Vessel
This is an untitled ceramic vessel by Sammie L. Nicely that offers abstract, if not experimental, styling. There are lumps and indentions with decorative, incised lines throughout the work. There are pinches and loops present in the work as well. The vessel has a flowing lip that has sustained damage and is missing its broken pieces, causing a jagged visual texture. The vessel is signed and dated by Nicely on the bottom: "Nicely / TN / 1985."
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.017 - Vessel
This is an untitled small, rounded, ceramic bowl by Sammie Nicely that is structurally abstract. The vessel is in its natural clay state, as it was not glazed entirely. However, there are design aspects that were applied with slip glaze before firing. Those design elements are accentuated in dark brown, abstract swaths. The piece is signed on the bottom by Nicely: "Nicely / TN / 1990."
Record Type: Object
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2024.006.018 - Platter
This is an untitled abstract ceramic platter painted that features vibrant reds, yellows, greens, and blues. There are circular patterns and diagonal lines throughout the abstract design, offering perspective that leads to the center of the platter. The center of the platter features an abstracted face that is outlined in dark shades of black and blue with contrasted details in reds, oranges, and yellows. There are irregular edges to the platter ...
Record Type: Object
