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"Primitive" tea cup and saucer
Designed by: Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906–2008)
Manufactured by: Salem China Company (founded in 1898)
Manufactured by: Salem China Company (founded in 1898)
designed 1955
Object Place: Salem, Ohio
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
Tea cup: 5.2 x 12.7 x 9.8 cm (2 1/16 x 5 x 3 7/8 in.)
Saucer: 1.6 x 15.9 cm (5/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Saucer: 1.6 x 15.9 cm (5/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Brett Angell
Accession Number2007.424a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Description"Free form" shape; white ground speckled with brown, decorated with stick-figure drawings of people and animals in red and brown; round bowl with loop handle and three projecting feet
Inscriptionsinscribed in gold paint on base: "Salem [in cursive, surrounded by a circle and above a teacup outline] / U.S.A. / Patented / ovenproof"
ProvenancePurchased from donor on eBay January/February/March 2007
CopyrightReproduced with permission.