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Porcelain Enamel Housewares and Objets d'Art, Vogue

Tom Yee1960-03-15

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Porcelain enamel housewares and object d'art.
Background: A porcelain enamel on steel architectural panel in a blue and white grain texture.
Tall pedestal: A red coffeepot with a raffia handle, by Dansk; a covered casserole dish decorated in a traditional blue-on-white Meissen onion pattern, from Bloomingdale's; A white square frying pan, by Dru Ware.
Lower pedestal, back-to front: A corrugated green porcelain enamel architectural panel; a segment of blue-enameled architectural latticework; a large blue covered casserole dish with a stand of teakwood legs and cane handles, designed by Jens Quistgaard.
Between the pedestals: A red oven door with a chromed locking handle, by Chambers; a tall flared copper vase, enameled in blue on the outside and gold on the interior, by Paolo di Poli.
Hanging on the front of the lower pedestal: A Renaissance Limoges medallion, enamel on copper in a gilt frame, depicting a woman in a brown and blue gown with a horn of plenty, and the inscription "Le Figure du Printemps".
Foreground, left to right:
Two yellow canisters, with "Tea" and "Sugar" handwritten in multiple languages, by Georg Jensen; a red porcelain enamel telephone dial; a sterling silver cylindrical cigarette box with white enamel inserts, by Robert J. King; A 4"x4" square red tile; Three chessmen by Spanish sculptor "Junyer", a round saffron-colored ashtray, made in Norway.

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  • Title: Porcelain Enamel Housewares and Objets d'Art, Vogue
  • Creator: Tom Yee
  • Date Created: 1960-03-15
  • Location Created: United States
  • Provenance: Vogue, March 15, 1960
  • Photographer: Tom Yee
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