North Star Serving Bowl, 1964
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Artifact Overview
Industrial designer Victor Schreckengost created "Hopscotch" pattern dinnerware for the Salem China Company in the mid-1950s. Though fashionable, it was expensive to produce, and sales lagged. The Ohio-based company simplified the design and renamed it "North Star." Sold from 1957 to 1967 in retail stores and wholesaled to supermarket chains as a promotional item, "North Star" is emblematic of modern middle-class tastes of the time.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Serving bowl
Date Made
1964
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2025.98.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Color
White (Color)
Blue (Color)
Black (Color)
Brown (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 9.25 in
Length: 7.75 in
Inscriptions
on bottom:
NORTH STAR [C] / [R] Salem / ovenproof / [star symbol] 64
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