The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Bottle

1956

Charles Francis Mosgo

(American, 1911–1956)
America
stoneware
Diameter: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Overall: 27.7 cm (10 7/8 in.)
The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken 1957.168
Location: Not on view

Description

Charles Mosgo was a Cleveland artist who experimented with different glazing techniques. Here both this vase and its decorative design reference ancient Japanese ceramics.
  • Charles Francis Mosgo Entry Card to 1957 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
  • The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 1982-January 30, 1983).
    May Show Retrospective - 50 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 23-June 16, 1968).
    The May Show: 39th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 15-June 23, 1957).
    39th Annual May Show, 1957
  • {{cite web|title=Bottle|url=false|author=Charles Francis Mosgo|year=1956|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1957.168