Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
1740-1770
1890.3
Wool, linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher
Object name
Pitcher
Date
ca. 1946-1960
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.1 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description
Bulbous chartreuse earthenware pitcher with integral tab handle in the "Town and Country" pattern.
Credit Line
Gift of Eva Zeisel, Designer
Object Number
2003.56.1
Gallery Label
In the years after World War II, tableware with informal shapes appealed to young consumers embracing a more casual lifestyle. In the mid-1940s, the president of Red Wing Pottery commissioned New York-based industrial designer Eva Zeisel to create a "Greenwich Villagey" dinner service. The resulting line of dinnerware, in free-form organic shapes with mix-and-match colors, was promoted by Red Wing as "contemporary, functional, colorful, smart."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
