Among the objects that fascinate me each and every time I visit the Robert A. Ellison, Jr. Collection of American Art Pottery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is the terra-cotta work of Carol H. Rimmer (1851-1918) in Chelsea, Massachusetts, circa 1895-1900.
According to the MET, "Carol H. Rimmer, a sculptor, worked and lived in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and it was perhaps inevitable that she would have modeled vessels at the Robertsons’ Chelsea Keramic Art Works there. She studied with her father, William, an artist and educator who taught anatomy and modeling. Her experience at the Chelsea pottery, as well as her father’s work in clay, may have stimulated her own interest in terra-cotta, which she continued to pursue in her later career."
Furthermore, in some ways, Rimmer's production is comparable to the terra-cotta work of George W. Fenety (1850-1933) at the Chelsea Keramic Arts Works in Chelsea in the 1870s, whereas Fenety's work can be found displayed at the Museum of Arts, Boston, as well as in the Ellison Collection at the MET. However, the terra-cotta work of Rimmer is usually distinguishable from Fenety, seeing that her work is typically signed with her initials, or her name and date of manufacture.
Note: For more information about Fenety - see the second story that was posted to this website today: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/02/a-late-19th-century-terra-cotta-vase.html.
Late 19th Century Terra-Cotta Made by Carol Rimmer in Chelsea, Mass
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