Design at the Tip of Your Fingers

Doulton Manufactory
Lambeth, London, 1815‑1956
Designed by Charles J. Noke (1858‑1941)
“Chang Ware” Vase
About 1927
Glazed earthenware
Purchase

Artist unknown to date
Probably Makah, Nuučaan̓uɫ or Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Nation
Canada or United States, Vancouver Island or adjacent coastal areas
D-shaped Adze
Before 1945
Iron, bone, cotton cord, sinew
Purchase

Sam Wesley
Gitxsan Nation from Gitsegukla
Active in Gitsegukla, British Columbia
Feast Bowl
About 1972
Carved wood, mollusc opercula
Purchase, gift of Mrs. A. Murray Vaughan

Jean‑Jacques Spénard
Trois‑Rivières 1913 – Quebec City 1996
Vase
About 1940
Earthenware, slip, painted decoration
Gift of Hubert Boyer

Daunian (700‑200 B.C.E.)
Italy, probably Canosa Region
Kantharos with Geometric and Plant Motifs
About 350‑250 B.C.E.
Earthenware, painted decoration
Gift of Claude Paradis

Jack Sures
Brandon, Manitoba, 1934 – Regina, Saskatchewan, 2018
Untitled
1986
Porcelain, underglaze pencil
Gift of Barbara and Philip Silverberg,
2018.331

England
Pair of Shoes
About 1702‑1714
Silk, leather, linen
Purchase, through the generosity of Mrs. F. Cleveland Morgan

Mary Tafoya
Tewa Nation from Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh
Active in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico
Jar: Awanyu, Horned Water Guardian Serpent
1930s‑1940s
Earthenware, slip, carved decoration
Gift of Hélène C. Bossé in memory of Cécile and Gérard Baillargeon, 2019.67

Ralph Bacerra
Garden Grove, California, 1938 – Los Angeles 2008
Charger
1986
Glazed and lustred earthenware, painted decoration
Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection

Anne Currier
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1950
Konostoma
1989
Glazed earthenware
Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, gift of George O. Hrycun

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Sèvres, France, founded in 1756
Designed by Léon Kann (1859‑1925)
Fenouil Coffee Service
1898‑1912
Hard‑paste porcelain
Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection

Lars Kinsarvik
Hardanger, Norway, 1846 – Hardanger 1925
“Viking‑style” Armchair
About 1900
Painted wood
Purchase, Deutsche Bank Fund

Richard Notkin
Born in Chicago in 1948
Heart: Metamorphosis II Teapot
1989
Stoneware
Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, gift of Dr. René Crépeau

France
Sewing Box
About 1810
Wood, steel, mirrors, silk, painted silk velvet, cardboard, mother‑of‑pearl, glass, silver-plated brass, gilt brass, paper, metallic threads
Gift of Doreen Erroll

Artist unknown to date
Mi’gmaq, or possibly Wolastoqey Nation
W8banakiak Confederacy
Lower Saint Lawrence, Gaspé Peninsula or the Maritime provinces
Box
About 1830-1850
Birchbark, spruce root, porcupine quills, wood
Purchase, Deirdre M. Stevenson Fund

Jean Cartier
Saint‑Jean‑sur‑Richelieu, Quebec, 1924 – Montreal 1996
Plate
1955
Glazed stoneware, slip decoration
Gift of Geneviève Bazin in memory of her parents, Thérèse and Jules Bazin

Matthias Ostermann
Wangen im Allgäu, Germany, 1950 – Montreal 2009
Covered Jar
2002
Earthenware, slip, sgraffito
Purchase, T. R. Meighen Family Fund

Hitomi Hosono
Born in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, in 1978
A Large Rhododendron Open Bowl
2023
Sprig‑moulded porcelain, assembled, unglazed
Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, acquired through the Geoffrey Bradfield Fund, by exchange

Italy, probably Naples or Naples Region
Pharmacy Jar
About 1470‑1500
Tin‑glazed earthenware (maiolica), painted enamel decoration
Purchase, through the generosity of Mrs. F. Cleveland Morgan

Toots Zynsky
Born in Boston in 1951
Vessel
From the series “Exotic Birds”
1988
Fused and kiln‑formed glass threads (“filet de verre”)
Gift, Anna and Joe Mendel Collection