#viktorschreckengost

Jazz Bowl, Viktor Schreckengost, 1931, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

The Jazz Bowl was originally designed for Eleanor Roosevelt in celebration of her husband Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s re-election as governor of New York, and it has since become an icon of the Jazz Age and an Art Deco masterpiece. Cowan Pottery liked the design, which captures the architecture, music, and nightlife of New York City as Viktor Schreckengost knew it, and the company decided to put the bowl into production. Using Schreckengost’s template and a sgraffito technique, workers scratched the design into the engobe, or black glaze. Schreckengost then inspected and signed the bowl. The final Egyptian blue glaze was applied to reflect New York at night. Through prior acquisition of the Antiquarian Society; Thorne Rooms exhibition Fund; Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan; and the Winfield Foundation Size: 23.5 × 42.6 × 43.2 cm (9 1/4 in. × 16 3/4 × 17 in.) Medium: Glazed earthenware, engobe

"Jiffy Ware" pitcher, smaller of a pair, Viktor Schreckengost, 1942, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

Size: 4 5/8 x 5in. (11.7 x 12.7cm) Medium: Glazed earthenware

"Jiffy Ware" pitcher, larger of a pair, Viktor Schreckengost, 1942, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

Size: 6 1/2 x 7in. (16.5 x 17.8cm) Medium: Glazed earthenware

Jazz Bowl, Viktor Schreckengost, 1931, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

The Jazz Bowl was originally designed for Eleanor Roosevelt in celebration of her husband Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s re-election as governor of New York, and it has since become an icon of the Jazz Age and an Art Deco masterpiece. Cowan Pottery liked the design, which captures the architecture, music, and nightlife of New York City as Viktor Schreckengost knew it, and the company decided to put the bowl into production. Using Schreckengost’s template and a sgraffito technique, workers scratched the design into the engobe, or black glaze. Schreckengost then inspected and signed the bowl. The final Egyptian blue glaze was applied to reflect New York at night. Through prior acquisition of the Antiquarian Society; Thorne Rooms exhibition Fund; Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan; and the Winfield Foundation Size: 23.5 × 42.6 × 43.2 cm (9 1/4 in. × 16 3/4 × 17 in.) Medium: Glazed earthenware, engobe

Jazz Bowl, Viktor Schreckengost, 1931, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

The Jazz Bowl was originally designed for Eleanor Roosevelt in celebration of her husband Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s re-election as governor of New York, and it has since become an icon of the Jazz Age and an Art Deco masterpiece. Cowan Pottery liked the design, which captures the architecture, music, and nightlife of New York City as Viktor Schreckengost knew it, and the company decided to put the bowl into production. Using Schreckengost’s template and a sgraffito technique, workers scratched the design into the engobe, or black glaze. Schreckengost then inspected and signed the bowl. The final Egyptian blue glaze was applied to reflect New York at night. Through prior acquisition of the Antiquarian Society; Thorne Rooms exhibition Fund; Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan; and the Winfield Foundation Size: 23.5 × 42.6 × 43.2 cm (9 1/4 in. × 16 3/4 × 17 in.) Medium: Glazed earthenware, engobe

Jazz Bowl, Viktor Schreckengost, 1931, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

The Jazz Bowl was originally designed for Eleanor Roosevelt in celebration of her husband Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s re-election as governor of New York, and it has since become an icon of the Jazz Age and an Art Deco masterpiece. Cowan Pottery liked the design, which captures the architecture, music, and nightlife of New York City as Viktor Schreckengost knew it, and the company decided to put the bowl into production. Using Schreckengost’s template and a sgraffito technique, workers scratched the design into the engobe, or black glaze. Schreckengost then inspected and signed the bowl. The final Egyptian blue glaze was applied to reflect New York at night. Through prior acquisition of the Antiquarian Society; Thorne Rooms exhibition Fund; Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan; and the Winfield Foundation Size: 23.5 × 42.6 × 43.2 cm (9 1/4 in. × 16 3/4 × 17 in.) Medium: Glazed earthenware, engobe