Russel Wright
Place Setting and Serving Pieces

Place Setting and Serving Pieces

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Place Setting and Serving Pieces
Place Setting and Serving Pieces
DesignerAmerican, 1904–1976
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Place Setting and Serving Pieces
  • from the service "American Modern"
DateDesigned 1939, made 1939–1959
MediumEarthenware and glass
Dimensions.1, Pitcher: 10 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (27.3 × 21.6 × 16.5 cm)
.2, Coffee pot: 7 × 9 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (17.8 × 24.4 × 15.9 cm)
.3, Sugar bowl: 2 7/8 × 6 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (7.3 × 16.2 × 11.4 cm)
.4, Creamer: 3 × 7 3/8 × 3 5/8 in. (7.6 × 18.7 × 9.2 cm)
.5, Dinner plate: 7/8 × 10 × 10 in. (2.2 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)
.6, Salad plate: 3/4 × 8 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (1.9 × 20.6 × 20.6 cm)
.7, Bread plate: 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (1.9 × 15.6 × 15.6 cm)
.8, Lug soup bowl: 2 1/8 × 7 × 6 in. (5.4 × 17.8 × 15.2 cm)
.9, Lug fruit bowl: 1 13/16 × 6 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (4.6 × 15.9 × 13.3 cm)
.10, Cup: 1 7/8 × 4 7/8 × 3 3/4 in. (4.8 × 12.4 × 9.5 cm)
.11, Saucer: 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (1.3 × 14.6 × 14.6 cm)
.12, Tumbler: 3 7/16 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (8.7 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm)
.13, Coaster: 3/4 × 3 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (1.9 × 9.2 × 9.2 cm)
.14, Glass: 5 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (13 × 8.3 × 8.3 cm)
.15, Glass: 4 × 3 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (10.2 × 9.2 × 9.2 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2007.1120.1-.15
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Garth Clark Gallery]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Impressed on underside: "[signature, in script] / MFG BY / STEUBENVILLE" [slightly illegible]
Impressed on underside: "Russel / Wright" [in script]

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