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Dessert Bowl, "Conversation/Aquarium" Pattern

Designer: Lucha (unknown)
Manufacturer: Flintridge China
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: Pasadena, California, USA
Dates: ca. 1954
Dimensions: 1 1/8 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (2.9 x 14.6 x 14.6 cm)
Markings: Transfer-printed in gray on reverse: "FLINTRIDGE CHINA / [two lions flanking shield with "F"] / U.S.A. / MADE IN CALIFORNIA"
Inscriptions: "Lucha" in script on onside of bowl
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 2004.14.3
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Venable and Martin Webb
Image: Overall, 2004.14.3_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Dessert bowl, "Conversation/Aquarium" pattern. Circular, dished bowl form with platinum rim band. Transfer-printed decoration includes, in black: lobster, star fish, sword fish, and three other fish, one followed by two small fry. In gray, a strand of seaweed bisects the bowl slightly off center and along one end is the signature "Lucha" in script.

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