The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 26, 2025

Bottle

1959

Elizabeth C. McFadyen

(American, 1925–2002)
America
stoneware
Diameter: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.); Overall: 21 x 16.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
Gift of The Cleveland Art Association 1959.159
Location: Not on view

Description

This bottle, along with two other ceramic pieces by McFadyen, won first prize in the Pottery and Porcelain--For Group category at the Cleveland Museum of Art's 41st May Show in 1959. The side of the brown stoneware bottle is incised with four niches, each decorated with a human figure.
  • Elizabeth C. McFadyen Entry Card to 1959 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    S. E. L. “Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 10 (December 1959): 210–231. Reproduced: p. 222 www.jstor.org
  • The May Show: 41st Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-June 14, 1959).
  • {{cite web|title=Bottle|url=false|author=Elizabeth C. McFadyen|year=1959|access-date=26 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1959.159