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"Stratoware" Pepper shaker

Designer Eva Zeisel American
Designer Francis Blod
designed ca. 1940; manufactured 1942–43
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "Stratoware" Pepper shaker
  • Designer: Eva Zeisel (American (born Hungary), Budapest 1906–2011 New York City, New York)
  • Designer: Francis Blod
  • Manufacturer: Universal Potteries Inc. (Cambridge, Ohio)
  • Date: designed ca. 1940; manufactured 1942–43
  • Medium: Glazed earthenware
  • Dimensions: 3 7/8 × 2 1/4 × 1 5/8 in., 0.2 lb. (9.8 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm, 0.1 kg)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, 2002
  • Object Number: 2002.585.18.13
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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