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Paden City Pottery Company's Highlight tableware line was available in five colors: Black, Pepper, Blueberry, Nutmeg, Citron, Dark Green, and Snow Glaze. Designer Russel Wright designed a variety of Snow Glass tumblers, lids, saucers, salad plates, and bowls to complement the glazed pottery. These designs were manufactured by Paden City Glass Company until 1953, when the glassworks closed. Although Highlight won numerous design awards and was included in several exhibitions that toured the United States and Europe in the early 1950s, its creation and production were plagued by difficulties between designer, manufacturer, and distributor, and the line was a commercial failure.
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Charles L. Venable, China and Glass in America 1880-1980 (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 349, 464.
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[1] See Dallas Museum of Art Deed of Gift (dated January 9, 1999, copy in Collections Records Object File).
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General Description
Paden City Pottery Company's Highlight tableware line was available in five colors: Black, Pepper, Blueberry, Nutmeg, Citron, Dark Green, and Snow Glaze. Designer Russel Wright designed a variety of Snow Glass tumblers, lids, saucers, salad plates, and bowls to complement the glazed pottery. These designs were manufactured by Paden City Glass Company until 1953, when the glassworks closed. Although Highlight won numerous design awards and was included in several exhibitions that toured the United States and Europe in the early 1950s, its creation and production were plagued by difficulties between designer, manufacturer, and distributor, and the line was a commercial failure.
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), 349, 464.
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Notes
TMS updates - JBA 10/11/17
added more tags - JBA 10/9/17
added CCs - JBA 9/28
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1999: Eason Eige, Albuquerque, New Mexico [1]
From 1999: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas [1]
[1] See Dallas Museum of Art Deed of Gift (dated January 9, 1999, copy in Collections Records Object File).
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