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Nut dish

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Oval dish with pointed ends, raised bottom rim, and two curving protrusions about half the length of the dish on opposite sides at the ends. Turquoise ground with airbrushed brown that lines the protrusions and the ends. On the edge near the center of each side lies a pattern of wavy and straight crossed brown lines, a rust-colored swatch, and 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 3.4, width 26.6, depth 14.7 centimeters
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Nut dish
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