Butter Dish With Cover, Casual China Pattern

Russel Wright; Iroquois China Company

Caption

Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976); Iroquois China Company. Butter Dish With Cover, Casual China Pattern, Developed 1946; Redesigned 1950 and 1959. Porcelain, oval dish: 1 x 7 3/4 x 4 in. (2.5 x 19.7 x 10.2 cm) oval lid: 2 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (5.5 x 19.8 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 83.108.69a-b.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Butter Dish With Cover, Casual China Pattern

Date

Developed 1946; Redesigned 1950 and 1959

Medium

Porcelain

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

oval dish: 1 x 7 3/4 x 4 in. (2.5 x 19.7 x 10.2 cm) oval lid: 2 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (5.5 x 19.8 x 10.8 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

on butter dish, transfer printed under glaze: "IROQUOIS" (in italics); "CASUAL CHINA", by Russel Wright" (in script). "O-4".

Credit Line

Gift of Paul F. Walter

Accession Number

83.108.69a-b

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