Description:
Stoneware bowl with applied glazes, which is marked "CRT" and "Made at Alfred U" in pencil on the base. Chauncey R. Thomas (1877-1950) trained at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, under Arthur Wesley Dow and at Alfred University’s New York State School of Clayworking and Ceramics (now the College of Ceramics) where he was a student of Charles Fergus Binns (1857-1934), commonly known as the father of American Studio Ceramics. Binns, who promoted classically shaped pottery covered with rich, monochromatic glazes, is credited with teaching many American Arts and Crafts potters, including Adelaide Robineau, Marblehead Pottery’s Arthur E. Baggs, and Pewabic Pottery’s Mary Chase Perry Stratton. This glazed bowl is an example of Chauncey Thomas’ ceramic production while at Alfred University. In 1909, Thomas moved to Deerfield where he rented the Charles Stebbins house on Main Street, had his sales shop, and built a pottery kiln in the back. He closed his studio and shop in the fall of 1911, and moved to Berkeley, California, where he set up his new pottery in 1913. Around 1919 he opened The Tile Shop in partnership with William Bragdon. A number of years later The Tile Shop was renamed California Faience. Originally part of the Burton N. Gates Collection.
Label Text:
Bowl, Chauncey R. Thomas (1877-1950), Alfred, New York, c. 1904. Marked on the bottom conjoined “CRT” and pencil inscription reads, “Made at Alfred U.” Stoneware with applied glazes. William T. Brandon Collection of American Redware and Ceramics, 2014.4.1 Prior to his arrival in Deerfield in 1909, Chauncey Thomas trained at Alfred University’s New York State School of Clayworking and Ceramics (now the College of Ceramics). Thomas was a student of Charles Fergus Binns (1857-1934), commonly known as the father of American Studio Ceramics. This glazed bowl is an example of Chauncey Thomas’ ceramic production while at Alfred University. Binns promoted classically shaped pottery covered with rich, monochromatic glazes. Binns is credited with teaching many American Arts and Crafts potters, including Adelaide Robineau, Marblehead Pottery’s Arthur E. Baggs, and Pewabic Pottery’s Mary Chase Perry Stratton.
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