Vase

Object Name:

Vase

Object ID:

1976.037

Creator:

Moore, Henry P. (1835-1911)Artist; Price, S. E.; Derby, James C. & CompanyJeweler

Place of Origin:

Limoges, France

Date:

1899

Description:

Vase. Porcelain. Oval shaped vase on pedestal base, slightly flaring scalloped rim and two scroll shaped handles. Seam line visible on two sides. Transfer-printed sepia-tone photographic print in oval of Mary Baker Eddy on front; transfer-printed sepia-tone photographic print of Mary Baker Eddy's home in Concord, NH, on back. Hand-painted multi-colored floral borders; gold painting around mouth, foot, and on two handles. Several marks on vase. Below the image of Mary Baker Eddy in cursive, "Copyrighted / 1899 by / H.P. Moore". Printed on bottom in green, "ELITE / L / FRANCE". Printed on bottom in black, "J. C. DERBY & CO CONCORD, N. H." Hand-painted above base in gold script, "S. E. Price".

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-13.7 W-11.2 D-6.3 inches

Provenance:

Given in memory of donor's parents, Henry Harrison Johnson and Hattie Belle Moore Johnson (c.1860-).
Image of Mary Baker Eddy on vase made by photographer/artist, Henry P. Moore (1835-1911), and vase decorated by his wife, Lydia Anne Davis Moore (c.1843-), all of (or formerly of) Concord, NH. Henry P. and Lydia Anne Davis Moore were the parents of Hattie Belle Moore Johnson, and grandparents of the donor, Richard H. Johnson.
Note from H. P. Moore, in accession folder, says that the portrait of Mary Baker Eddy was made "in the Director's Room, Boston Church, also the one in Reading Room, Boston." Moore describes this portrait as "my latest portrait of our leader and mother Mrs. Eddy." Mary Baker Eddy declared the sole right to making and selling the portrait to Henry P. Moore and James C. Derby & Company of Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Richard H. Johnson, in memory of Henry Harrison Johnson and Hattie Belle Moore Johnson

People:

Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910), Johnson, Henry H. (1873- ), Johnson, Hattie Belle Moore (c. 1860- ), Moore, Henry P. (1835-1911), Price, S. E., Derby, James C. (1867-1928), Moore, Lydia Anne Davis (c. 1843- ), Johnson, Richard H. (1902-1989)

Subjects:

Eddy, Mary Baker