Homer Laughlin Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: unknown
label: date made
content: 1902-06
label: date made
content: c. 1890-1900
label: date made
content: c. 1880-1900
notes: label: Description
content: About Homer Laughlin China Company:
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content: The Homer Laughlin firm was founded in 1871 in Newell, West Virginia by the two brothers, Shakespeare and Homer Laughlin. A long-lived pottery, it survived two world wars and continued until 2020, when it was sold to Steelite, a British tableware manufacturer. Though Homer Laughlin China produced art pottery in its earlier days, it is best known for its Fiesta line, a brightly-colored Art Deco-styled set of tableware that was designed by the noted ceramicist, Frederick Hurten Rhead. Rhead was Homer Laughlin's art director from 1927 until his death in 1942. Fiesta ware is still produced by Fiesta Tableware Company, a division of Steelite. The New York Times called Fiesta “the most collected brand of china in the United States” (Alexander 2002). Homer Laughlin China Company was known for many dinnerware designs and also produced commemorative plates and art pottery vases.
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content: (Alexander, Kelly, 2002.“The Way We Live Now”. The New York Times, December 1.)
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content: About the Object:
label: Description
content: Pitcher used for decorative purposes. Body has some molded leaf patterns and gadrooning at the base of the pitcher. Matte tan glaze on the body with a glossy white handle. Painted flowers are only on top on either side of the mouth. Some gilt highlights.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, East Liverpool
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Marcus Benjamin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.379572
label: catalog number
content: 379572
label: accession number
content: 150313
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 5 in; 20.955 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 6 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 20.955 cm x 16.1925 cm x 13.97 cm