Bowl

Onondaga Pottery Company

1903 (ca.)

4 3/8 x 11 inches (d)

Glazed stoneware

Collection of Drs. Cynthia and Timothy McGinn

Stamped on base: "O. P. Co. / Syracuse / China"

The smaller of two large bowls made for the Tea Room at Stickley's 1903 Arts and Crafts exhibition, the purpose of this bowl is not immediately clear. Unlike the larger one–which features the Als ik Kan logo on the outside and may have served as a punch bowl–the shorter height of this bowl, lack of relief decoration, and the placement of the logo on the inner rim make it less of a display piece and more a part of a larger ensemble for a sideboard or the tables.