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Porter Blanchard
A Three-Piece Teapot Setcirca 1965

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Polished silver three-piece tea or coffee service with angular trapezoidal forms and diagonal dark wood handles, arranged by descending size
Polished silver three-piece service comprising a tall coffeepot, smaller creamer, and open sugar bowl, each with angular modernist forms and dark wood handles set at diagonal angles.
Artist or Maker
Porter Blanchard
Title
A Three-Piece Teapot Set
Date Made
circa 1965
Medium
Pewter, ebony
Dimensions
.1) Height: 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm); .1) Diameter: 6 1/4 in. (15.88 cm); .2) Height: 6 1/8 in. (15.56 cm); .2) Diameter: 3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm); .3) Height: 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm) .3) Diameter: 3 7/8 in. (9.84 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Cynthia Sikes Yorkin
Accession Number
M.2009.94.1-.3
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014

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