Plate

Sterling China (American, founded 1917)

Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976)

1949–50

Object PlaceEast Liverpool, Ohio

Object Place for LabelEast Liverpool, Ohio

Medium/TechniqueWhite stoneware, covered with a vitreous gray glaze

DimensionsH. 1 1/4 in.; Diameter base: 7 1/4 in.; Diameter rim: 11 1/2 in.

Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Ann Coleman

Accession number2002.401.2

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Americas

ProvenanceThe donor's grandfather, Glayde Coleman, worked at the Sterling China factory, and probably acquired the pitcher and plate while employed by the company; to his son, Andrew J. Coleman, and his wife, Dorothy Smith Coleman, m. about 1936; to Elizabeth Anne Coleman; to MFA 2002, gift of Elizabeth Anne Coleman.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.