Object Notes

In the mid-1940s the president of Red Wing Pottery, Hubert Haddon Varney, asked Eva Zeisel if she could design a line that captured the eccentric spirit of Greenwich Village and appealed to young consumers who embraced a casual lifestyle after World War II.

In the mid-1940s the president of Red Wing Pottery, Hubert Haddon Varney, asked Eva Zeisel if she could design a line that captured the eccentric spirit of Greenwich Village and appealed to young consumers who embraced a casual lifestyle after World War II.

Capturing the moment that the train begins its plummet, John McCrady's print of the Wreck of the Old 97 portends the catastrophic demise of a mail train near Danville, Virginia on September 27, 1903.

One of America's most famous painters of the American Scene, Grant Wood first won wide attention when American Gothic

Eugene Speicher first saw Vincent "Red" Moore, a farmer and tradesman, working in a blacksmith shop in southern New York State. For five years, Moore posed for Speicher in the autumn following the close of the farming and hunting seasons.

Museum is one of the most important tablewares made in the Unite

Eva Zeisel designed Tomorrow’s Classic around 1950, following the success of her Museum and

As a result of the popularity of Tomorrow’s Classic, Eva Zeisel received several other commissions from Hall China.