Homer Laughlin Gravy Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: c.1909
label: date made
content: ca 1909
name: label: maker
content: Homer Laughlin China Co.
notes: label: Description
content: About Homer Laughlin China Company: 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.
label: Description
content: (Alexander, Kelly, 2002.“The Way We Live Now”. The New York Times, December 1.)
label: Description
content: About the Object:
label: Description
content: White-bodied earthenware gravy pitcher. Oval-shaped with scalloped foot rim; wide shoulder. Neck flares out to scalloped spout and rim. Raised beading around foot and neck rim. Lacework desing in shallow relief around shoulder. Foliate design in overglaze gold at spout and around shoulder. gold accents on handle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: West Virginia, Newell
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth Hunter Sobolewski
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0215.09
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0215.09
label: accession number
content: 1994.0215
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gravy pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: earthenware (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: refined (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 4 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 19.05 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 11.4 cm x 19.1 cm x 8.8 cm; 4 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/16 in x 7 9/16 in x 3 1/2 in; 11.27125 cm x 19.20875 cm x 8.89 cm