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Pitcher

Designer: Russel Wright, American, 1904-1976
Manufacturer: Steubenville Pottery
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Place Manufactured: Steubenville, Ohio, USA
Dates: Designed 1937; Manufactured: ca. 1938
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (26.7 x 21.6 x 16.5 cm)
Markings: Printed on underside, under glaze in darker blue-green color (could be impressed letters filled in with pooled glaze, but no indentations in glaze): "[in script] Russel / Wright / [in print] MFG. BY / STEUBENVILLE"
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 80.169.1
Credit Line: Gift of Andrew and Ina Feuerstein
Image: Overall, 80.169.1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: "American Modern--Sea Foam" pattern. Earthenware pitcher, blue-green body, vitreous glaze. Elongated and flattened pear shape, sides of top opening are folded over to form sweeping spout; thick, ear-shaped strap handle. CONDITION: Excellent.

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