Collection Highlights
Mrs. William Walton (1708-1786)
ca. 1750
1902.4
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter
Object name
Platter
Date
ca. 1946-1960
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/2 x 6 x 9 in. ( 3.8 x 15.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description
Kidney-shaped light tan platter from the "Town and Country" pattern.
Credit Line
Gift of Eva Zeisel, Designer
Object Number
2003.56.6c
Gallery Label
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; namely, tableware with informal shapes that would appeal to young consumers embracing a more casual lifestyle after World War II. The resulting line of dinnerware of 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.
