Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2010.21.3 |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Media Collection |
American Art Pottery Collection |
Manufacturer |
Steubenville Pottery Company (1879-1959) |
Title |
Russel Wright American Modern Pitcher in Granite Gray |
Date |
Circa 1939 |
Designer |
Russel Wright (1904-1976) |
Makers Marks |
This piece has a die-impressed manufacturer's mark on the underside that reads Russel / Wright / MFG By / Steubenville USA |
Description |
For nearly a century, Steubenville Pottery Company (1879–1959), located in Steubenville, Ohio manufactured a range of utilitarian pottery and tableware including the American Modern line designed by Russel Wright (1904-1976) and manufactured from 1939 to 1959. Advertised as versatile and sleek and featuring "29 lovely pieces to choose from in 5 delightful colors…tailored to your own taste…that will meet every service requirement", American Modern become one of the best-selling tableware lines in the nation. Now beloved for Wright’s modern, biomorphic forms, they were a radical departure in tableware design and as a result, it took the industrial designer several years to convince a manufacturer to produce this line. |
Medium |
Earthenware, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Glazed |
Height (in) |
11.000 |
Diameter (in) |
6.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Mid-Century Modern |
Place of Origin |
Steubenville, Ohio, United States |
Credit Line |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund |
People |
Purchase, Ayers Collection Fund Wright, Russel |
Search Terms |
American Art American Art Pottery American Artists American Ceramics American Modern Cast Granite Gray Gray High Gloss Mid-Century Modern Ohio Art Ohio Artists Ohio Companies Ohio Designers Ohio Manufacturers Pitchers Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators Steubenville Pottery Company (1879-1959) Steubenville, Ohio Tableware Zanesville Artists Zanesville, Ohio |
Location |
Not on view |