Eva Zeisel, Rare Monmouth Pals Bird Teapot
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Eva Zeisel, a very rare bird-form Teapot with lid, Pals decoration pattern, Eva Zeisel Fine Stoneware, Monmouth Pottery, Western Stoneware Company, Monmouth, Illinois, circa 1953-1954. Unmarked. Height: 6 3/4 in. (17 cm); width 8 1/2 in. (22 cm). 1620-049
Provenance: Estate of Bette Cooper
Exhibited: San Francisco, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 5 May 2003; San Francisco, Limn Furnishings, 7 May 2003; Sunnyside Neighborhood Association, "Collection of Pat Moore and Dr. Gene L. Grobman," 18-19 October 2014.
Note: Bette Cooper, co-author of Monmouth Western Stoneware (1983), was an unofficial archivist for the factory and collected examples of these works, including test pieces, as they came off the line. Her collection included numerous rarities. On this line, see Scott Vermillion, "Eva Zeisel Stoneware and Ironstone," in Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty, 2013, pp. 102-109.
Provenance: Estate of Bette Cooper
Exhibited: San Francisco, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 5 May 2003; San Francisco, Limn Furnishings, 7 May 2003; Sunnyside Neighborhood Association, "Collection of Pat Moore and Dr. Gene L. Grobman," 18-19 October 2014.
Note: Bette Cooper, co-author of Monmouth Western Stoneware (1983), was an unofficial archivist for the factory and collected examples of these works, including test pieces, as they came off the line. Her collection included numerous rarities. On this line, see Scott Vermillion, "Eva Zeisel Stoneware and Ironstone," in Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty, 2013, pp. 102-109.
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Eva Zeisel, Rare Monmouth Pals Bird Teapot
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