GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Viktor Schreckengost designed the Victory line of earthenware, one of his most successful shapes, for the Salem China Company which produced inexpensive pottery that were sold in both stores and mail-order catalogues in the 1930s. The highly geometric composition of Victory earthernware reflects the impact of French art deco design and American streamlining. The design features parallel ridges that encircle the line's hollowware as well as loop handles and finials as seen on this coffeepot. According to Schreckengost, the fluting and rings seen on these shapes were intended to give ornament without increasing costs, since these elements were produced during the casting process and did not have to be added by hand.
Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, China and Glass in America 1880-1980 (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 451 and 452.
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Revised and rewrote the General Description, added the source, added CCs, added tags - 9/15 (JBA)
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Schreckengost_Viktor: ULAN: 500055513
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Tallahassee (Florida): TGN: 7013938
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Until 1995: Charles H. Alexander, Indianapolis, Indiana [1]
From 1995: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above [1], [2]
[1] See Charles H. Alexander statement (dated October 18, 1995, copy in Collections Records Object File)
[2] Curator Charles L. Venable purchased 1995.175.A-B on behalf of the Dallas Museum of Art with a cash advance from the 20th-Century Design Fund. See Charles L. Venable check (dated October 24, 1995, copy in Collections Records Object File) with note "Apply towards $3,000 cash advance."
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General Description
Viktor Schreckengost designed the Victory line of earthenware, one of his most successful shapes, for the Salem China Company which produced inexpensive pottery that were sold in both stores and mail-order catalogues in the 1930s. The highly geometric composition of Victory earthernware reflects the impact of French art deco design and American streamlining. The design features parallel ridges that encircle the line's hollowware as well as loop handles and finials as seen on this coffeepot. According to Schreckengost, the fluting and rings seen on these shapes were intended to give ornament without increasing costs, since these elements were produced during the casting process and did not have to be added by hand.
Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, China and Glass in America 1880-1980 (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 451 and 452.
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Notes
Revised and rewrote the General Description, added the source, added CCs, added tags - 9/15 (JBA)
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Schreckengost_Viktor: ULAN: 500055513
Cultures
Geography
Sebring (Ohio): TGN: 2081809
Cleveland (Ohio): TGN: 7013608
Tallahassee (Florida): TGN: 7013938
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1995: Charles H. Alexander, Indianapolis, Indiana [1]
From 1995: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above [1], [2]
[1] See Charles H. Alexander statement (dated October 18, 1995, copy in Collections Records Object File)
[2] Curator Charles L. Venable purchased 1995.175.A-B on behalf of the Dallas Museum of Art with a cash advance from the 20th-Century Design Fund. See Charles L. Venable check (dated October 24, 1995, copy in Collections Records Object File) with note "Apply towards $3,000 cash advance."
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