Permanent Collection Record
Images
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Metadata
Object ID |
2009.13ab |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Shawnee Pottery Company (1937-1961) |
Title |
Black Pitcher with Stopper |
Date |
Circa 1950 |
Makers Marks |
The underside has an impressed manufacturer's mark that reads KENWOOD USA / 945 and a silver sticker on the side of the vessel that reads "KENWOOD / ZANESVILLE OHIO / OVEN PROOF. |
Description |
The Shawnee Pottery Company (1937-1961) purchased the American Encaustic Tiling Company in 1937 and began producing a wide range of vases, figurines, dinnerware, and cookie jars in the facility in Zanesville, Ohio. Many items were made for "five and dime" stores like the F.W. Woolworth Company. They also produced a line of dinnerware exclusively for Sears, Roebuck and Co. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed |
Height (in) |
9.500 |
Diameter (in) |
5.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Mid-Century Modern |
Place of Origin |
Zanesville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
People |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics Cast Dinnerware High Gloss Kenwood Mid-Century Modern Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Manufacturers Pitchers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Tableware The Shawnee Pottery Company (1937-1961) Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |