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Dish

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Triangular shaped dish with curved edges sitting on three short feet. Light gray ground speckled with lavender. Solid lavender edge dotted with brown that runs into the creases that run from the triangle's points. Off-center abstract design of three brown wavy lines, five straight crossing brown lines, and four blue dots.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer
Carstens-Uffrecht, Germany
Date
1920–40
Credit Line
Gift of Victor Wiener
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
(height x hypoteneuse): 4 x 28.7 cm (1 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
(side): 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.)
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Dish
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