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  • Collection: Beaumont Mood and Charlene deJori Pottery Light Fixtures, Planters, and Urns

Two globe-shaped pottery lamps hang from the front of the Denton City-County Library. One hung outside the covered pergola. The other was cream with a possible gray band near the bottom. Both have geometric patterns. <br />
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Both were by made by Beaumont Mood for architect O'Neil Ford in his expansion of the Denton City-County Library.
Two globe-shaped pottery lamps hang from the front of the Denton City-County Library. One hung outside the covered pergola. The other was cream with a possible gray band near the bottom. Both have geometric patterns.

Both were by made by Beaumont…

Photo of the ten wall sconces along the inner courtyard of City Hall. The lights are all on because the sun was low in the sky.
These ten wall sconces align the inner courtyard on the west side of City Hall.
They were designed and made by Beaumont Mood for O'Neil Ford in the late 1960s.

In February of 2024, all of the sconces were removed for cleaning.

This photo was taken from the front entrance, looking north towards the parking lot. There is a covered breezeway with several flush-mount pottery lamps made by the Beaumont Mood Lighting Co.
Ten flush-mounted terracotta light fixtures line the underside of the covered breezeway in front of the Emily Fowler Library.

The fixtures were made by Ceramic Design out of San Antonio for the library's 1981 expansion.

The prefabricated…

Two matching pottery urns measuring 26 5/8" tall x 10 3/4" dia. The salmon-colored clay has bands of reddish, elephant blue, and brown with various Greek meander patterns.
Two tall cylindrical vessels with geometric patterns in reddish, blue, and brown, made by Beaumont Mood. They reside in a cabinet at the Emily Fowler Central Library. The containers were commissioned by O'Neil Ford as part of the 1968 renovation of…

Photograph of another Beaumont Mood urn. It measures 26 3/4" tall x 10 3/4 dia; 1/2" thick. The salmon-colored clay has bands of color in brown and elephant blue.
Another pottery urn made by Beaumont Mood in an office of the Emily Fowler Library. There are other matching urns in a separate cabinet.

This salmon-colored vessel has colors in reddish, elephant blue, and brown with various Greek meander…

This Beaumont Mood pottery urn was commissioned by O'Neil Ford for the library's 1969 expansion. <br />
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It currently lives in the library director's office at the Emily Fowler Library.
Another pottery urn made by Beaumont Mood. This particular urn is located in the library director's office. It is also made from red clay and has a pinkish-hue and a rust-colored glaze; the shape is conical.

The condition: has several cracks…

Ten Beaumont Mood flush-mount ceramic lights hang from a suspended ceiling. They are a salmon color with an "elephant blue" band at the top.
Ten Beamont Mood ceramic lamps hang from a dropped ceiling. They are a salmon color with an elephant blue glaze, said to be a favorite color of O'Neil Fords.

The area was created during the 1968 expansion of the building.

The suspended ceiling…

Close-up photo of two Beaumont Mood pendant lamps hanging from a metal light post on the perimeter of the municipal swimming pool located in Denton, Texas.
Twenty-four pendant lamps hang around the perimeter of the Denton Municipal Swimming Pool.

Each of these pottery lamps was fabricated by Beaumont Mood in the basement studio of the home he shared with his wife, Martha Mood, in San Antonio, Texas.…

Pottery lamp created by Beaumont Mood for O'Neil Ford's municipal swimming pool. It has numerous bands in five different colors and various patterns, including an atomic starburst. <br />
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This particular pottery lamp had once hung under the pergola surrounding the pool, but was used as a replacement for one of the broken pottery lamps. <br />
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It now hangs on the perimeter of the swimming pool.<br />
This style of pottery light had originally hung from the pergola, however, because so many pottery lights around the perimeter were damaged it was removed to replace one of the missing ones.

A cylinder made from white clay, with four bands of…

This is a photograph of the Beaumont Mood pendant light fixtures that hang along the corridor of the City Hall building in Denton, Texas. There are eight in this photo.
A row of cone-shaped pendant lamps inside City Hall. All have bisque-fired to Cone 04 and have a band of dark brown matte finish at the top which matches the hardware.

These unique lamps were designed by Martha Mood and fabricated by Beaumont…

Red clay planter with bands of dark matte brown and glazed blue and brown.  The planter measures 18 1/4" x 12" x 3/4" . There are three large drain holes that are 1/2" in diameter. <br />
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This planter was made by Beaumont Mood at the request of architect O'Neil Ford. We do not know if it was originally in City Hall or the Emily Fowler Library which would make its creation date anywhere from 1965 to 1968.
These Beaumont Mood planters were retrieved from a city storage unit and taken to the Denton Public Library's Special Collections department to be cleaned.

Red clay planter with bands of dark matte brown and glazed blue and brown. The planter…

Planter height.
A ceramic planter made by Beaumont Mood for the library sits in front of the fireplace of the Emily Fowler Library. This picture was taken during the 1980-81 renovation, just before it reopened. We do not know if it was made for the library's 1968 or…

Globe on south pergola
Five ceramic lamps hang from a wooden pergola on the south exterior side of the Emily Fowler Central Library.

The lamps were made by Beaumont Mood and commissioned by architect O'Neil Ford for the library in 1968. The Beaumont Mood Lighting…

Photograph of someone measuring the length of this Beaumont Mood pendant lamp at the Emily Fowler Library. It is 25" tall.
Terracotta pendant lamp with a reddish glaze and bands with various patterns such as fluted lines, seamless ovals, and an atomic starburst. The holes were hand-pierced using a dowel. Measures 24 3/4" x 10 1/2".

It was fashioned by the Beaumont…

The front desk of the newly renovated Denton City-County Library, c1969. This photo was taken for the City of Denton newsletter.<br />
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The expansion was completed and the Library re-opened in 1969. Designed by O'Neil Ford, the library featured stick wood carvings by Lynn Ford, brother of the architect, hand-crafted pottery lamps and urns by the Beaumont Mood Lighting Company in San Antonio, Texas, and Mexican Brick made by Acme Brick Company of Denton, who created that particular style and called it Clinton El Ford Blend.<br />
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Decorating the area behind the checkout desk is a Denton County historical map mural by Mrs. Tommye E. Noel, taken from an original by Sena M. Wright.
The front desk of the newly renovated Denton City-County Library, c1969. This photo was taken for the City of Denton newsletter.

Designed by O'Neil Ford, the library featured stick wood carvings by Lynn Ford, brother of the architect, hand-crafted…
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