UND Pottery Collection
Preview
Size
2 1/4" diameter
Date of Work
ca. 1938
Description
In the 1930s, the Ceramics Department at the University of North Dakota was enduring financial hardships brought on during the Great Depression. In an effort to raise funds for continuation of the program, several special commission projects were taken on. Among them, was a series of commemorative medallions that organizations or schools could have produced by the Ceramics Dept. Many organizations placed orders—including the Young GOP, represented by the elephant, and the Non-Partisan League, represented by the goat. Serving as the league’s mascot it was known as, “The Goat that Can’t be Got”.
Notes:
2a. Marked on back: 964 light blue
2b. Marked on back: 964 dark blue
2c. Marked on back: 1269 lilac
2d. Marked on back: 1010 lit brown B Peckled
2e. Marked on back: 1011 yellow
2f. Marked on back: 964 Black unseceend
2g. Marked on back: French green
2h. Marked on back 963 Rv Tile
2i. Marked on back 479B Gr. Matt
Included in Fables, Insults, and Reverence: The Animals of UND Art Collections Exhibition at the UND Art Collections Gallery in the Empire Arts Center
Art Descriptors
ceramic; pottery; blue; purple; orange; lilac; yellow; brown; black; green; sioux; goat; pendant; medallion; NPL
Condition
Very good
Status
Stored: UND Pottery Collection Box 21
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Recommended Citation
Unknown, Maker, "Set of 12 Non-Partisan League Convention Ceramic Goat Pendants, Multi-colored Lot 2" (2018). UND Pottery Collection. 2017.
https://commons.und.edu/pottery/2017
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”