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"Primitive" teapot
Designed by: Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906–2008)
Manufactured by: Salem China Company (founded in 1898)
Manufactured by: Salem China Company (founded in 1898)
designed 1955
Object Place: Salem, Ohio
Medium/Technique
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall (with lid): 15.2 x 27.3 x 13.3 cm (6 x 10 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Brett Angell
Accession Number2007.426a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Description"Free form" pattern, white ground speckled with brown, decorated with stick-figure drawings of people and animals in red and brown; bulbous with three rounded feet, a projecting spout, and extruded open handle and a round lid with a curved finial
Inscriptionsinscribed in gold paint on base: "free [dot] form / by / Salem [in cursive, surrounded by a circle and above a teacup outline] / U.S.A. / Patented / primitive"
ProvenancePurchased by donor on eBay January/February/March 2007
CopyrightReproduced with permission.