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Tableware from the Tricorne and Streamline Series, Mandarin glaze

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Donald Schreckengost, American, 1911 - 2001
    Vincent Broomhall, American, 1906 - 1991
    Herbert A. Smith, American, 1896 - 1979

    Manufacturer

    Salem China Company, American, founded 1898

    Description

    Triangular plates, bowls and saucer with curved rims and circular wells, in the "Tricorne" shape, the rims in "Mandarin" red-orange glaze on white ground. Cup, creamer and covered sugar bowl of inverted cone shape with triangular handles, all in the "Streamline" shape, with "Mandarin" red-orange exteriors and white interiors.

    Credit Line

    Gift of George R. Kravis II

    Date

    1934

    Accession Number

    2016-5-1/9

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    ceramics
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    tableware

    Type

    tableware

    Medium

    earthenware

    Dimensions

    H x W x D (large plate): 1.9 × 29.5 × 29.5 cm (3/4 × 11 5/8 × 11 5/8 in.)
    H x W x D (salad plate): 2.2 × 22.9 × 22.9 cm (7/8 in. × 9 in. × 9 in.)
    H x W x D (butter dish): 1.9 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm (3/4 in. × 4 in. × 4 in.)
    H x W x D (large bowl): 4.1 × 15.6 × 15.6 cm (1 5/8 × 6 1/8 × 6 1/8 in.)
    H x W x D (cup and saucer): 6.4 × 16.2 × 16.2 cm (2 1/2 × 6 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
    H x W x D (creamer): 5.7 × 14.6 × 11.4 cm (2 1/4 × 5 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
    H x W x D (sugar bowl and lid): 8.9 × 17.8 × 14 cm (3 1/

    manufactured in

    Salem, Ohio, USA

    See more items in

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47ff666ae-e67c-43f7-8eb9-ad787600904c

    Record ID

    chndm_2016-5-1_9

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