Collection Metalwork

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John Pearson | Charger | copper | 2014:38.21

The museum’s collection of metalwork originated with Gertrude Bass Warner’s founding donation of art from China, Japan, and Korea, which includes significant works regularly on view in the JSMA’s Betty and John Soreng Gallery of the arts of China. In 2014, distinguished University of Oregon alum Margo Grant Walsh donated over 700 modern works to the JSMA, significantly expanding the museum's holding to include fine examples of Modernist and Arts and Crafts objects, among others. The Margo Grant Walsh Collection of 20th Century Silver and Metalwork has formed the core of a number of special exhibitions, including The First Metal: Art and Crafts Copper, and Clara Barck Welles: Inspiration and Influence in Arts and Crafts Silver.

Collection Highlights

Birmingham Guild of Handicraft | Pitcher | Margo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection | 2014:38.15
Duchess of Sutherland Cripples Guild | Footed Bowl | Silverplate on copper | 2016:12.149
Konoike of Yokohama | Ladle | Margo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection | 2014:39.8
Three silver pitchers are arranged artfully on a grey background. The same symbol which looks like an N with a line vertically through the middle are on all three.
Konoike of Yokohama | Ladle | Margo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection | 2014:39.8
'Fang Ding' Ritual Food Cooking Vessel‐Shaped Incense Burner | Chinese | Ming dynasty (1368-1644); Qing dynasty (1644-1912) | MWCH6:37
A silver pitcher on a grey background.
'Fang Ding' Ritual Food Cooking Vessel‐Shaped Incense Burner | Chinese | Ming dynasty (1368-1644); Qing dynasty (1644-1912) | MWCH6:37
A copper serving tray with four tea service pitchers on it. The copper is hammered and dimpled and they are placed on a grey backdrop.
'Fang Ding' Ritual Food Cooking Vessel‐Shaped Incense Burner | Chinese | Ming dynasty (1368-1644); Qing dynasty (1644-1912) | MWCH6:37