Charcoal, condiment set
designed (1949)
Medium
porcelain (hard-paste)
Measurements
(a) 9.3 × 3.9 cm diameter (salt shaker)
(b) 9.5 × 4.0 cm diameter (pepper shaker)
(c) 4.0 × 4.9 × 4.9 cm (mustard pot)
(d) 8.0 × 1.8 × 2.1 cm (installed) (mustard spoon)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Selb, Bavaria, Germany
Inscription
(c) printed in black on base c.: CONTINENTAL CHINA / (crown) / R / DESIGNED BY / Raymond loewy (underlined) / GERMANY / Charcoal
(d) printed (vertically) in green on rear of handle l.c.: GERM f
Accession Number
2017.1121.a-d
Department
International Decorative Arts
Physical description
A pair of salt and pepper shakers and mustard pot and spoon. The shakers are ovoid in form and each one two tone black satin glaze and white glossy glaze; the mustard pot is black glazed out and white glazed in.