| Accession # |
1991.261.3a-b |
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Designer |
Eva Zeisel
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Manufacturer |
Red Wing Pottery
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| Title |
Bean Pot with Lid, Town and Country Dinner Service |
| Date |
Designed ca. 1945; Manufactured ca. 1946 |
| Medium |
Glazed earthenware |
| Dimensions |
8 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 9 in. (21 x 23.5 x 22.9 cm) |
| Credit Line |
Gift of Paul F. Walter |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Case 18, Shelf K (Contemporary Design)
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| Description |
Squat spherical earthenware bean pot (a) and lib (b); turquoise-blue ground and vitreous glaze. Pot rises at top to continuous spherical knob in center; round opening or "spout" with pulled up sides cut out of top collar portion alongside knob. Flat round lid with rounded edges fits this opening.
CONDITION: Good; some manufacturing imperfections including small unglazed spots around body and some raised flecks of clay on knob and body. |
