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Object Description
| Brief description | Pair of candlesticks hand-painted by Hazel Miller Hanneman, Mount Horeb, ca. 1917-1930. |
| Object name | Candlesticks |
| Alternate object name | Candleholder; China painting |
| Maker | Hanneman, Hazel Miller, 1891-1992 |
| Date | 1917-1930 |
| Dimensions | 6 1/2"H x 4" diam. |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with hand-painted overglaze; Gilt |
| Marks | Signed "HMHanneman-" in black overglaze |
| Current location | Mt. Horeb, Dane County, Wisconsin |
| Description | These porcelain candlesticks are covered with purple luster overglaze. The rims are gilded and the flared bases are hand-painted with gilt flowers. |
| History |
Like many late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Wisconsin women artists, Hazel Miller Hanneman studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1891 to Jerome and Anna Miller, she married Frederick H. Hanneman (1890-1980) in 1916. The couple moved to Mount Horeb in 1917, where Hazel conducted classes in oil, watercolor, and china painting and Frederick worked as the director for the Mount Horeb City Band, the organist for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the music teacher for area schools. Between 1870 and 1920, thousands of American women took up the art of china painting--the decoration of porcelain tablewares and other household objects with hand-painted overglaze. An entire industry sprang up to support this trend. China painters could purchase porcelain blanks and supplies from mail order catalogs or local shops, take lessons in the craft from trained artists, and read periodicals and instruction manuals to learn about new techniques and designs. China painting was an amateur pursuit for some women, but others, such as Hanneman, parlayed the craft into a serious artistic career. |
| Sources | Wisconsin: Stability, Progress, Beauty (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1946), p. 443; Raymond Guenveur, "Fred. H. Hanneman: Mt. Horeb's Music Man" Pages of the Past, Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society (accessed January 3, 2009): http://www.mounthoreb.org/pphanneman.htm For more on china painting, see Sharon S. Darling, Chicago Ceramics and Glass (University of Chicago Press for the Chicago Historical Society, 1979); Cynthia A. Brandimarte, "Somebody's Aunt and Nobody's Mother: The American China Painter and Her Work, 1870-1920" Winterthur Portfolio 23, no. 4, (1988); Ellen Paul Denker, "The Grammar of Nature: Arts and Crafts China Painting" in The Substance of Style: Perspectives on the American Arts and Crafts Movement (Winterthur, Delaware: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1996); and Dorothy Kamm, American Painted Porcelain (Collector Books, 1997). |
| Related objects | Additional examples of Hanneman's china painting in the collections of the Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society include a pitcher (object #2005.028.0005) and a vase (object # 1986.056.0001) http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,2120 and http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,2143 Examples of china painting by other Wisconsin women who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago include a fish set painted by Ena Hutchison in the collection of the Mineral Point Historical Society (object # A73-1) and a vase decorated by Hattie Alexander from the History Museum at the Castle, Appleton (object # 80.169): http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,584 and http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,840 |
| Owner | Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society |
| Object # | 2005.028.0004 |
| Rights | © 2007 by the Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.mounthoreb.org/ |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | MH050 |
| Digital format | XML |
| Type | Physical object |
| Keywords | Ceramics; Pottery; Candlestick; Candleholder; Lighting device; Furnishings (artifacts); Furnishings and equipment |
| Date digitized | 2009-01-06 |
| Date modified | 2010-10-25 |
Description
| Object name | Candlesticks |
| Rights | © 2007 by the Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.mounthoreb.org/ |
| Digital collection | Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database |
| Digital identifier | MH050a |
| Digital format | image/jpeg |
| Type | Physical object |
| Date digitized | 2009-01-06 |
| Date modified | 2009-01-06 |
