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Fruit bowl

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Asymmetrical bowl appearing as if two semi-circles were joined together about one inch off sides, with raised bottom rim and flat top edge. White background speckled with orange. Edge lined in deep blue. Abstract pattern consists of "lined" patches of blue and gray. Four areas of brown crossed lines. Centered opposite quarter circles, one of blue and one of gray.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
Date
1920–40
Credit Line
Gift of Victor Wiener
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
height 5.9, width 32, depth 30.3 centimeters
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Fruit bowl
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