Chamber pot

Chamber pot

Homer Laughlin China Co

1877-c. 1900

About Homer Laughlin China Company: The Homer Laughlin firm was founded in 1871 in Newell, West Virginia by the two brothers, Shakespeare and Homer Laughlin. A long-lived pottery, it survived two world wars and continued until 2020, when it was sold to Steelite, a British tableware manufacturer. Though Homer Laughlin China produced art pottery in its earlier days, it is best known for its Fiesta line, a brightly-colored Art Deco-styled set of tableware that was designed by the noted ceramicist, Frederick Hurten Rhead. Rhead was Homer Laughlin's art director from 1927 until his death in 1942. Fiesta ware is still produced by Fiesta Tableware Company, a division of Steelite. The New York Times called Fiesta “the most collected brand of china in the United States” (Alexander 2002). Homer Laughlin China Company was known for many dinnerware designs and also produced commemorative plates and art pottery vases.

(Alexander, Kelly, 2002.“The Way We Live Now”. The New York Times, December 1.)

About the Object:

Crocheted cover is mostly white with three sections of Persian blue transfer printed roses encircle the top. Ornate loop handle in center and is slightly domed; Bottom of white-boded chamber pot transfer printed with blue flower on front and back. Only one side handle.

Currently not on view

Art

Furnishings

Homer Laughlin China Co

Smithsonian Institution

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