Salt and Pepper Shakers (American Modern Dinnerware)

Provenance

Beryl C. Michels (1923-2015; born Beryl Cohn), Chicago then West Hartford, CT, then Lake Worth, FL, from c. 1947–52 [according to Committee on American Arts minutes, Oct. 12, 1995; incoming receipt, RX21288, Aug. 8, 1996; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1996.

Salt and Pepper Shakers (American Modern Dinnerware)

Russel Wright

1937–59

Accession Number

145811

Medium

Earthenware and glaze

Dimensions

Each: 5.4 × 5.4 cm (2 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Classification

condiment vessel

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Beryl C. Michels