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Christmas Tree Ornaments

USA, 1900
<p>Six white cut out Christmas ornaments on a light green ground. A snowman is made from 3 stacked circles topped by a black hat. Two black circles make the eyes, 6 make the mouth, three are buttons. A bird has black outlines and is carrying a branch with 5 oval leaves. In the middle is a boy with a black outlined shirt, the pants are outlined in blue. He has red hair. A candle holder outlined in brown with a candle outlined in black with a yellow flame. A girl with a dress outlined in blue. There is red hair coming out of a black outlined bonnet. A church with a steeple has black outlines. A round window with black spokes and blue background is over the arched doors.</p><p>The back of an ornament showing a<span> straight sided C with an L hanging from the bottom right. </span></p><p><span>Partial view of the backs of the snowman, church and bird.</span></p><p> </p>
Date acquired:
Materials:
White Stoneware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Slab-Built
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Carrie Lambert | 1943 – Present

Carrie Lambert?s work is wheel thrown and assembled porcelain or white stoneware animal figurines, Christmas tree ornaments, wind chimes, mugs, and coin banks.

Carrie Lambert began her ceramics instruction in 1970 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia S.C. under the tutelage of Ron Meyers. Carrie's work matured into a full-time business by 1974 inIrmo, South Carolina. In 1976 Clayton Lambert joined the business full time. Carrie, family, and studio relocated to Hilton Head Island SC in 1977. The studio moved to Ridgeland, SC in 1981. The business was divided between Carrie and Clayton, the latter reserving the right to use the same markuntilhisdeathin 1989.

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