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"Primitive" creamer

Designed by: Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906–2008)
Manufactured by: Salem China Company (founded in 1898)
designed 1955
Object Place: Salem, Ohio

Medium/Technique Earthenware
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 9.5 x 7 cm (5 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Brett Angell
Accession Number2007.427
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

Description"Free form" pattern, white ground speckled with brown, decorated with stick-figure drawings of people and animals in red and brown; bulbous shape with stretched out rim pulled into a high spout on one side and a counter-balance high side opposite, divided by a deep V; three rounded feet; two indented finger-holds sit beneath the deep v's of the rim.
Inscriptions"Salem [in cursive, surrounded by a circle and above a teacup outline] / Pat. Pend."
ProvenancePurchased by donor on eBay January/February/March 2007
CopyrightReproduced with permission.