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"American Modern" lug fruit bowl
"American Modern" lug fruit bowl

"American Modern" lug fruit bowl

Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976)
Steubenville Pottery Company (active 1879–1959)
designed 1937; made 1938–59
Object PlaceSteubenville, Ohio
Medium/TechniqueWhiteware with coral glaze
DimensionsOverall: 4.76 x 16.99 x 13.97 cm (1 7/8 x 6 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W.R. Ward
Accession number2010.33
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
InscriptionsStamped in base: Russel Wright/MFG. BY/STEUBENVILLE ("Russel Wright" is in script)ProvenanceEarly history unknown; by date unknown, antique shop, Wells, ME; 2008, sold by shop to Barbara and Gerald Ward, Portsmouth, NH; 2010, gift of the Wards to the MFA. (Accession date: February 24, 2010)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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