"Town and Country" pepper shaker

Schmoo

Designed by: Eva Zeisel (American, born in Hungary, 1906–2011)
Manufactured by: Red Wing Potteries, Inc. (active 1878–1967)

Designed 1947; made 1950–56

Object Place: Red Wing, Minnesota

Medium/Technique Earthenware with forest green glaze

Dimensions Overall: 7.6 x 5.1 x 5.7 cm (3 x 2 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Brett Angell

Accession Number2008.266.2

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas

ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware

DescriptionThe biomorphic pepper shaker is comprised of a white, low-fired bulbous form that organically twists and narrows to a rounded head. The entire body is covered with a glossy, mottled “Forest Green” glaze. Four holes on the top of the head are arranged in the form of a diamond.

Provenance2008, purchased on eBay by Brett Angell, Chelsea, Mass; 2008, gift of Angell to the MFA.