On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

American Modern

Plate
1937 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Moulded earthenware plate, lead-glazed with "sea-foam" glaze.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAmerican Modern (series title)
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware, moulded
Brief description
Plate of lead-glazed earthenware, 'American Modern' range, designed by Russel Wright for Steubenville Pottery, East Liverpool, Ohio, 1939-59
Physical description
Moulded earthenware plate, lead-glazed with "sea-foam" glaze.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.1cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Plate 'American Modern range, Seafoam glaze'
Designed by Russel Wright, Steubenville Pottery, East Liverpool, Ohio, USA 1937
Lead-glazed earthenware

C.40-1992

In production 1939-c.1959
Credit line
Given by Paul Walter
Production
In production from 1939-c.1959.
Bibliographic reference
Christopher Wilk (ed.). Modernism 1914-1939: designing a new world. London: V&A Publications, 2006. cat. no. 247a, pp. 376-7, 397.
Collection
Accession number
C.40-1992

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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