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Push-Pull Elephant Bookend

1929
designer

Margaret Postgate

(American, 1880–1953)
maker

Cowan Pottery Studio

(America, Ohio, Rocky River, 1920–1931)
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Culture
America
Medium
white glazed stoneware
Measurements
Overall: 11.5 x 9.3 x 14 cm (4 1/2 x 3 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Weight: 970 g (2.14 lbs.)
Credit Line
The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund 2013.8.b
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
A white glazed stoneware sculpture depicts a stylized elephant with sharp geometric planes and angular edges. Facing our right, the figure stands on a thick rectangular base. Parallel vertical ridges represent the ears, while the trunk curves down toward the blocky front legs. A glossy, cream-colored glaze coats the entire surface, accentuating the animal's flat sides. A small circular seal is impressed on the side of the base.

Push-Pull Elephant Bookend

1929

Margaret Postgate, Cowan Pottery Studio

(American, 1880–1953), (America, Ohio, Rocky River, 1920–1931)
America

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